beatan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit, strike”).

Compare Old Irish fo·botha (“he threatened”), Latin confutō (“I strike down”), fūstis (“stick, club”), Albanian bahe (“sling”), Lithuanian baudžiù, Old Armenian բութ (butʻ)).

Pronunciation

Verb

bēatan

  1. to beat
  2. to hit, strike
  3. to box

Conjugation

Conjugation of bēatan (strong class 7)
infinitive bēatan bēatenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular bēate bēot, beoft
second person singular bīetst bēote, beofte
third person singular bīett, bīet bēot, beoft
plural bēataþ bēoton, beofton
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular bēate bēote, beofte
plural bēaten bēoten, beoften
imperative
singular bēat
plural bēataþ
participle present past
bēatende (ġe)bēaten

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