beatan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ͜ɑː.tɑn/

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

Descendants

• Middle English: beten, beete, bet, bete, betyn, beytt; beaten (Early Middle English); byete (Kent)
  • English: beat
    • → Pennsylvania German: biede
  • Scots: beat, beit