bayten
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse beita, from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną; equivalent to bayte + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bayten
- To attack or war with; to bait:
- To supply or provide with food:
- To feed an animal or prepare to do so; to feed or water oneself when referring to an animal.
- (rare) To dine or consume; to nourish oneself as a human.
- (rare, figurative) To metaphorically nourish oneself; to visually stimulate oneself.
- (rare) To supply a fishing mechanism with bait.
- (rare) To fatten; to prepare so as to be used as meat.
- (rare) To chase down with hounds.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bayten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “baiten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-14.
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- enm:Fishing
- enm:Hunting
- enm:Livestock