beita

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See also: bēità and bèitǎ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse beita, from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

beita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beitti, supine beitt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative, fishing) to bait a fishing line
    Synonym: egna
  2. (transitive, governs the dative, fishing) to use as bait on a fishhook
    beita maðki.
    To use a worm as bait.
  3. (transitive, governs the dative) to put to pasture, to put out to graze, to have animals feed on the land
    Synonym: láta á beit
    beita kindum.
    To put sheep out to graze.
  4. (transitive, governs the dative) to employ, to use, to handle a tool or method
    Synonym: nota
  5. (nautical) to sail by beating (sail into the wind at an angle)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

beita f (genitive singular beitu, nominative plural beitur)

  1. bait
    Synonym: agn

Declension

    Declension of beita
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beita beitan beitur beiturnar
accusative beitu beituna beitur beiturnar
dative beitu beitunni beitum beitunum
genitive beitu beitunnar beita beitanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

beita n pl

  1. definite plural of beite

Verb

beita

  1. simple past of beite
  2. past participle of beite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse beita (make bite).

Pronunciation

Verb

beita (present tense beitar/beiter, past tense beita/beitte, past participle beita/beitt, passive infinitive beitast, present participle beitande, imperative beita/beit)

  1. graze (eat grass from a pasture)
    Om sumaren er dyra ute og beiter.
    The animals are outdoors and grazing during the summer.

Noun

beita n pl

  1. definite plural of beite

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *baitijaną. Causative of bíta.

Verb

beita (singular past indicative beitti, plural past indicative beittu, past participle beittr)

  1. (intransitive) to graze
  2. (transitive) to allow, let, make bite
    1. (with dative) to feed (livestock)
    2. (with dative) to attack with a cutting instrument; to use as a weapon
  3. (by extension, nautical) to steer or sail near the wind; to cruise
  4. (hunting, ditransitive, with accusative and dative) to hunt (with dogs or hawks)
  5. to yoke to (of horse or cattle)
Usage notes

In the sense of hunting, the dogs or hawks are in the dative, and the foe they are set loose on in the accusative case.

Conjugation
Descendants

Noun

beita f (genitive beitu)

  1. (fishing) a bait
    Synonym: agn
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

beita

  1. indefinite genitive plural of beit
  2. indefinite genitive plural of beit
  3. indefinite genitive plural of beiti

References

  • beita in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • beita1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • beita2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Volapük

Noun

beita

  1. genitive singular of beit

Zou

Noun

beita

  1. end

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