beit

See also: Beit

Icelandic

Verb

beit

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of bíta

Middle English

Noun

beit

1. Alternative form of bayte

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of bite) bet

Verb

beit

1. simple past of bite
2. imperative of beite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

beit

1. simple past of bite
2. imperative of beite

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲedʲ/

Verb

beit

1. third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *baitō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Related to bíta.

Noun

beit f (genitive beitar, plural beitar)

1. a pasturage, a pasture
2. a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)

Declension

  Declension of beit (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beit	beitin	beitar	beitarnar
accusative	beit	beitina	beitar	beitarnar
dative	beit	beitinni	beitum	beitunum
genitive	beitar	beitarinnar	beita	beitanna

Derived terms

• beitarland n (“a pasture man”)
• beitarmaðr m (“owner of a pasture”)
• beitartollr (“a toll or fee for pasturage”)

Related terms

• beita
• beiti

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)

1. (poetic) a boat

Declension

  Declension of beit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beit	beitit	beit	beitin
accusative	beit	beitit	beit	beitin
dative	beiti	beitinu	beitum	beitunum
genitive	beits, beiz	beitsins, beizins	beita	beitanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: beit n

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beit

1. second-person singular imperative active of beita
2. 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

• IPA^(key): /beˈit/

Noun

beit (nominative plural beits)

1. bite

Declension

declension of beit

	singular	plural
nominative	beit	beits
genitive	beita	beitas
dative	beite	beites
accusative	beiti	beitis
vocative 1	o beit!	o beits!
predicative 2	beitu	beitus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• beitön