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Icelandic
Verb
beit
first / third-person singular past indicative of bíta
Middle English
Noun
beit
Alternative form of bayte
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
beit
simple past of bite
imperative of beite
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
beit
simple past of bite
imperative of beite
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
beit
third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá
Mutation
Mutation of beit
radical
lenition
nasalization
beit
beit pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbeit
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *baitō , from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ( “ to break, split ” ) . Related to bíta .
Noun
beit f (genitive beitar , plural beitar )
a pasturage , a pasture
a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)
Declension
Declension of beit (strong ō -stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk: beit f
Icelandic: beit f
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *baitą , *baitaz , also from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ( “ to break, split ” ) . Cognate with Old English bāt , which was borrowed into Old Norse again as the more used bátr .
Noun
beit n (genitive beits )
( poetic ) a boat
Declension
Declension of beit (strong a -stem)
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beit
second-person singular imperative active of beita
first / third-person singular past indicative active of bíta
References
beit in An Icelandic-English Dictionary , R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive .
beit in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive .
“beit1 ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“beit2 ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“beit3 ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
beit (nominative plural beits )
bite
Declension
declension of beit
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only