beit

Icelandic

Verb

beit

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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”).

Noun

beit f

  1. a pasturage, a pasture
  2. a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)
Declension
Derived terms
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.
  • beit in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Noun

beit f

  1. a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: beit

References

  • beit in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “beit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *baitą, *baitaz, also from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”).

Noun

beit n

  1. (poetic) a boat
Declension
Derived terms
  • beitiáss m (“sail-yard”)
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.
  • beit in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 4

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

beit

  1. first-person singular indicative past tense of bíta
  2. third-person singular indicative past tense of bíta

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈit/

Noun

beit (plural beits)

  1. bite

Declension

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