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== Icelandic == === Verb === beit first/third-person singular past indicative of bíta == Middle English == === Noun === beit alternative form of bayte == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === bet (of bite) === Verb === beit simple past of bite imperative of beite == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === beit simple past of bite imperative of beite == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲed̠ʲ/ === Verb === beit third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá === Mutation === == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *baitō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Related to bíta. ==== Noun ==== beit f (genitive beitar, plural beitar) a pasturage, a pasture a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== beitarland n (“a pasture man”) beitarmaðr m (“owner of a pasture”) beitartollr (“a toll or fee for pasturage”) ===== Related terms ===== beita beiti ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Nynorsk: beit f Icelandic: beit f === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Noun ==== beit n (genitive beits) (poetic) a boat ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: beit n === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== beit second-person singular imperative active of beita first/third-person singular past indicative active of bíta === Further reading === 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 == Volapük == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈit/ === Noun === beit (nominative plural beits) bite ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== beitön