beit
See also: Beit
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
beit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
beit
- Alternative form of bayte
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- (of bite) bet
Verb edit
beit
- simple past of bite
- imperative of beite
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
beit
- simple past of bite
- imperative of beite
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
beit
- third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
beit | beit pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbeit |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *baitō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Related to bíta.
Noun edit
beit f (genitive beitar, plural beitar)
Declension edit
Declension of beit (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
- beitarland n (“a pasture man”)
- beitarmaðr m (“owner of a pasture”)
- beitartollr (“a toll or fee for pasturage”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
beit n (genitive beits)
Declension edit
Declension of beit (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: beit n
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
beit
- second-person singular imperative active of beita
- first/third-person singular past indicative active of bíta
References edit
- 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beit (nominative plural beits)
Declension edit
declension of beit