beit

See also: Beit

Icelandic

Verb

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

Middle English

Noun

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  1. alternative form of bayte

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

beitCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#BEITCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#BEITCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BEITCategory:Pages with entries#BEITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#BEIT

  1. simple past of bite
  2. imperative of beite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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  1. simple past of bite
  2. imperative of beite

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·táCategory:Old Irish links with redundant target parameters#BEIT

Mutation

Mutation of beit
radicallenitionnasalization
beitbeit
pronounced with /βʲ-/		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

Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEITCategory:Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd-#BEIT

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEITCategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEIT *baitō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEIT *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Related to bíta.

Noun

beit f (genitive beitar, plural beitar)Category:Old Norse lemmas#BEITCategory:Old Norse nouns#BEITCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#BEITCategory:Old Norse feminine nouns#BEITCategory:Pages with entries#BEITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#BEIT

  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
Category:Old Norse ō-stem nouns
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: beit f
  • Icelandic: beit f

Etymology 2

Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEITCategory:Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd-#BEIT

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BEITCategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BEIT *baitą, *baitaz, also from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BEIT *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)Category:Old Norse lemmas#BEITCategory:Old Norse nouns#BEITCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#BEITCategory:Old Norse neuter nouns#BEITCategory:Pages with entries#BEITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#BEIT

  1. (poeticCategory:Old Norse poetic terms#BEIT) 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
Category:Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beitCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#BEITCategory:Old Norse verb forms#BEITCategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#BEITCategory:Pages with entries#BEITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#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
Category:non:Watercraft#BEIT

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

beit (genitive beita, plural beits)Category:Volapük lemmas#BEITCategory:Volapük nouns#BEITCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#BEITCategory:Pages with entries#BEITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#BEIT

  1. bite

Declension

Category:Icelandic non-lemma forms Category:Icelandic verb forms Category:Middle English alternative forms Category:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms Category:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms Category:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms Category:Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms Category:Old Irish links with redundant target parameters Category:Old Irish non-lemma forms Category:Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Old Irish verb forms Category:Old Norse feminine nouns Category:Old Norse lemmas Category:Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns Category:Old Norse neuter nouns Category:Old Norse non-lemma forms Category:Old Norse nouns Category:Old Norse poetic terms Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic Category:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd- Category:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic Category:Old Norse verb forms Category:Old Norse ō-stem nouns Category:Pages with 7 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Volapük lemmas Category:Volapük nouns Category:Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation Category:non:Watercraft