beit

beit

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

beit

1. alternative form of bayte

• bet (of bite)

beit

1. simple past of bite
2. imperative of beite

beit

1. simple past of bite
2. imperative of beite

• IPA^(key): /bʲedʲ/

beit

1. third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

From Proto-Germanic *baitō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Related to bíta.

beit f (genitive beitar, plural beitar)

1. a pasturage, a pasture
2. a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)

• beitarland n (“a pasture man”)
• beitarmaðr m (“owner of a pasture”)
• beitartollr (“a toll or fee for pasturage”)

• beita
• beiti

• Norwegian Nynorsk: beit f
• Icelandic: beit f

From Proto-Germanic *baitą, *baitaz, also from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Cognate with Old English bāt, which was borrowed into Old Norse again as the more used bátr.

beit n (genitive beits)

1. (poetic) a boat

• Icelandic: beit n

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

beit

1. second-person singular imperative active of beita
2. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bíta

• 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

• IPA^(key): /beˈit/

beit (nominative plural beits)

1. bite

• beitön