# beita
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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]
    Að beita maðki.To use a worm as bait.
* to put to pasture, to put out to graze, to have animals feed on the land [with dative]
    Synonym: láta á beit
    Að beita kindum.To put sheep out to graze.
* 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)

##### Derived terms

* beita brögðum (“to resort to a ruse, to use cunning”)
* beita hörðu (“to use violence”)
* beita órétti (“to do an injustice”)
* beita sig hörðu

### 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: /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)
    Om sumaren er dyra ute og beiter.The animals are outdoors and grazing during the summer.

### 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)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: beita
* Norwegian Nynorsk: beita, beite
* Norwegian Bokmål: beite
* Danish: bede
* → Middle English: bayten, bayte, baite, beyton, baiten, beiten, beȝȝtenn
** English: bait
** Scots: bait

#### Noun

beita f (genitive beitu)
* (fishing) a bait
    Synonym: agn

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: beita
* Norwegian Nynorsk: beite
* → Middle English: bayte, bait, beite, baite, beyte, beit
** English: bait
** Scots: bait

### 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