beita

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeiːta/ Rhymes: -eiːta === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse beita, from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną. ==== Verb ==== beita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beitti, supine beitt) (fishing) to bait a fishing line [with accusative] Synonym: egna (fishing) to use as bait on a fishhook [with dative] to put to pasture, to put out to graze, to have animals feed on the land [with dative] Synonym: láta á beit to employ, to use, to handle a tool or method [with dative] Synonym: nota (nautical) to sail by beating (sail into the wind at an angle) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== beita f (genitive singular beitu, nominative plural beitur) bait Synonym: agn ===== Declension ===== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === beitene (of noun) beitet (of verb) === Noun === beita n pl definite plural of beite === Verb === beita simple past of beite past participle of beite == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === beite === Etymology === From Old Norse beita (“make bite”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²bɛɪːta/ === Verb === beita (present tense beitar/beiter, past tense beita/beitte, past participle beita/beitt, passive infinitive beitast, present participle beitande, imperative beita/beit) graze (eat grass from a pasture) === Noun === beita n pl definite plural of beite === References === “beita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *baitijaną. Causative of bíta. ==== Verb ==== beita (singular past indicative beitti, plural past indicative beittu, past participle beittr) (intransitive) to graze (transitive) to allow, let, make bite to feed (livestock) [with dative] to attack with a cutting instrument; to use as a weapon [with dative] (by extension, nautical) to steer or sail near the wind; to cruise (hunting) to hunt [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and dative ‘with dogs or hawks’] to yoke to (of horse or cattle) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== ==== Noun ==== beita f (genitive beitu) (fishing) a bait Synonym: agn ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== beita indefinite genitive plural of beit indefinite genitive plural of beit indefinite genitive plural of beiti ==== Further reading ==== Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “beita”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 56 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beita1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beita2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Volapük == === Noun === beita genitive singular of beit == Zou == === Noun === beita end ==== References ==== http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf