beit

Icelandic

Verb

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

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Middle English

Noun

beit

1. Alternative form of bayte

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of bite) bet

Verb

beit

1. simple past of bite
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of beite

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

beit

1. simple past of bite
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of beite

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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 /β(ʲ)-/	mbeit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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”)

 

Related terms

• beita
• beiti
• bíta

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”)

Related terms

• bátr
• bíta

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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beit

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

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈit/

Noun

beit (nominative 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 later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• beitön