Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (1)
to bite
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *bītan; OE bítan (Mod E bite); O Fris bīta; O Sax bītan; Dt bijten; OHG bīzan (Mod G beißen); Icel bíta ← Indo-Europ *bheid-; cf Sanskr bhinátti “to split, cleave”; Lat findere “to split, cleave”]
Concordance
beitiþ - 2 pers, pl, pres, indicat - Galat. V, 15
Paradigm
4.1.1.1. (a)
I class | infinitive | preterite singular | preterite plural | past participle |
normal grade | normal grade | zero grade | zero grade | |
i/ă | -i- | -a- | zero | zero |
additional element of vowel gradation for this class is [-i-] | i + i = ii [ī] | a + i = ai | zero + i = ĭ | zero + i = ĭ |
to grab, grasp, grip | greipan | graip | gripum | gripans |
to show; to tell, announce | teihan [-i:-] |
taih [-ai-] |
taihum [-ɛ-] |
taihans [-ɛ-] |
See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs
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