beit

Icelandic

Verb

beit

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

Middle English

Noun

beit

  1. Alternative form of bayte

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
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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
  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”)
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
  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
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 the etymology of 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
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 some later, non-classical Volapük only
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