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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German wetzen, from Old High German hwezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (“to sharpen; to instigate”). Cognate with German wetzen, English whet.
Verb
bétzan
- to sharpen
Bétzan 's méssar.- Sharpen the knife.
Bétzabar d'óoghen un de zinne, as bar net béllan lassan zich bétzan.- We need to sharpen our eyes and minds, if we don't want to be fooled.
- (figurative) to trick, fool
Bétzabar d'óoghen un de zinne, as bar net béllan lassan zich bétzan.- We need to sharpen our eyes and minds, if we don't want to be fooled.
Derived terms
References
- “bétzan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo