Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
bíta
Present participle:
bítandi
Past participle:
bitinn
The Verbix conjugation routines for
Old Norse
are under construction. Therefore, there might be errors and incomplete inflections. Thank you for your patience!
Cognates
See the
9 cognates of bíta
Indicative
Present
| ek | bít |
| þú | bítr |
| hann | bítr |
| vér | bítum |
| þér | bítið |
| þeir | bíta |
Past
| ek | beit |
| þú | beizt |
| hann | beit |
| vér | bitum |
| þér | bituð |
| þeir | bitu |
Subjunctive
Present
| ek | bíta |
| þú | bítir |
| hann | bíti |
| vér | bítim |
| þér | bítið |
| þeir | bíti |
Past
| ek | bita |
| þú | bitir |
| hann | biti |
| vér | bitim |
| þér | bitið |
| þeir | biti |
Verbs conjugated like 'bíta'
bíta,
Verbs similar to 'bíta'
bera,
vita,
æpa,
bresta,
brjóta,
byrja,
eiga,
erfa,
eyða,
færa,
Etymology
1. From Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
2. Compare Old English bītan (English bite), Old Frisian bīta (West Frisian bite), Old Saxon bītan (Low German bieten), Old High German bīzan (German beißen), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan). See: Proto-Germanic '
*bītaną', English '
bite', Low Saxon 'bieten', Old High German 'bīzan', German, old spelling '
beißen'.
Verbs referencing "bíta"
Norwegian
bite, Danish
bide, Norwegian, nynorsk
bita, Old Swedish
bita, Swedish
bita, Faroese
bíta, Icelandic
bíta, Old High German bizan.