eldertongue

Old English · verb

bætan

Normalised bǣtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈbæː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈbæː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
dogsrein inbridlebaitcurbhoundrein

Meaning

  1. to bridle

  2. to rein in, restrain, curb

  3. to bait, hunt (with dogs); to hound, worry

  4. to beat, make way against a current or wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of bætan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bǣtebǣtte
2nd singular bǣtestbǣtstbǣttest
3rd singular bǣteþbǣttbǣtbǣtte
Plural bǣtaþbǣtton
Subjunctive
Singular bǣtebǣtte
Plural bǣtenbǣtten
Non-finite forms of bætan
Form
Infinitive bǣtan
Inflected infinitive bǣtenne
Imperative singular bǣt
Imperative plural bǣtaþ
Present participle bǣtende
Past participle bǣtedġebǣted

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baitijan, from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite, bridle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”).

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