bétzan
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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