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

• bet (of bite)

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

Mutation of beit

radical	lenition	nasalization
beit	beit pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbeit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “beit”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 56
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beit1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 46; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beit2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beit3”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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