beite

Etymology

From Old High German bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait, await”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”). Compare English bide, Icelandic bíða, Danish bie, Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan). Cognate with Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō, “convince, obey, believe”), Latin fīdō (“trust, rely”).

Verb

beite

1. (Uri) to wait

References

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

Alternative forms

• beithte (superseded)

Etymology

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

Adjective

beite

1. (literary) right, proper

Mutation

Further reading

• “beiṫte” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 64.
• "beite" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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)

Verb

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

1. (of animals) to graze

References

• “beite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse beiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛitə/ (example of pronunciation)

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?

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.

Verb

beite

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

Noun

beite

1. dative singular of beit