Old English · noun

bytt

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /bytt/
[byt]
Syllables: bytt (1 syllable)
Modern English: butt piece

bytt1 · noun · feminine

Senses

butt (piece of land)

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of bytt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bytt	bytte bytta
Accusative	bytt bytte	bytte bytta
Genitive	bytte	bytta
Dative	bytte	byttum

bytt2 · noun · feminine · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of byt

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of bytt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	byt	bytta bytte
Accusative	bytte	bytta bytte
Genitive	bytte	bytta
Dative	bytte	byttum

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *butti, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Compare also Late Latin pecia (“fragment”) and petia, petium (“piece of land”), first attested in the Salic Laws.

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