beite

See also: béite

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait, await”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”). Cognate with German beiten, English bide, Icelandic bíða, Danish bie, Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan).

Verb

beite

1. (Uri) to wait

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.: "bæıtte, warten, ahd. beiten"

Irish

Alternative forms

• beithte (superseded)

Etymology

Originally the verbal of necessity of bí (“to be”) (compare Old Irish buithi).

Adjective

beite

1. (literary) right, proper

Declension

Declension of beite

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	beite	bheite	beite; bheite²
Vocative	bheite		beite
Genitive		beite	beite	beite
Dative	beite; bheite¹	bheite	beite; bheite²
Comparative	níos beite
Superlative	is beite

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beite	bheite	mbeite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beiṫte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 64
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

beite

1. Alternative form of bayte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse beiti (noun) and beita (verb).

Noun

beite n (definite singular beitet, indefinite plural beiter, definite plural beita or beitene)

1. pasture (land used for grazing by animals)

Derived terms

• beiteland
• beitemark

Verb

beite (imperative beit, present tense beiter, passive beites, simple past and past participle beita or beitet, present participle beitende)

1. to graze (of animals)

References

• “beite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse beiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛɪːtə/

Noun

beite n (definite singular beitet, indefinite plural beite, definite plural beita)

1. pasture; land area, cultivated or not, where animals may feed on the vegetation

   Har du dyra dine på beite no?

   Are your animals in the pasture now?

Derived terms

• beiteland
• beitemark

Verb

beite (present tense beitar/beiter, past tense beita/beitte, past participle beita/beitt, passive infinitive beitast, present participle beitande, imperative beite/beit)

1. Alternative form of beita

References

• “beite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Verb

beite

1. third-person plural future relative of at·tá

Volapük

Noun

beite

1. dative singular of beit