"biten" meaning in Middle Dutch

See biten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbiːtən/
Etymology: From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan. Etymology templates: {{root|dum|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}, {{dercat|dum|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|dum|odt|*bītan}} Old Dutch *bītan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*bītan}} Proto-West Germanic *bītan Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} biten, {{dum-verb}} biten Inflection templates: {{dum-conj-st|bit|bêt|bēt|gebēten|class=1}} Forms: strong [table-tags], biten [error-unrecognized-form, infinitive], bitens [genitive, infinitive], bitene [dative, infinitive], bite [first-person, indicative, present, singular], bêet [first-person, indicative, past, singular], bite [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], bēte [first-person, past, singular, subjunctive], bijts [indicative, present, second-person, singular], bites [indicative, present, second-person, singular], bēets [indicative, past, second-person, singular], bētes [indicative, past, second-person, singular], bijts [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], bites [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], bētes [past, second-person, singular, subjunctive], bijt [indicative, present, singular, third-person], bitet [indicative, present, singular, third-person], bêet [indicative, past, singular, third-person], bite [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], bēte [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], biten [first-person, indicative, plural, present], bēten [first-person, indicative, past, plural], biten [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], bēten [first-person, past, plural, subjunctive], bijt [indicative, plural, present, second-person], bitet [indicative, plural, present, second-person], bēet [indicative, past, plural, second-person], bētet [indicative, past, plural, second-person], bijt [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], bitet [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], bētet [past, plural, second-person, subjunctive], biten [indicative, plural, present, third-person], bēten [indicative, past, plural, third-person], biten [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], bēten [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], bijt [imperative, indicative, present, singular], bite [imperative, indicative, present, singular], bijt [imperative, indicative, plural, present], bitet [imperative, indicative, plural, present], bitende [imperative, participle, present], gebēten [imperative, participle, past]
  1. to bite Derived forms: bitinge, gebiten, ontbiten, tebiten, verbiten, wēderbiten
    Sense id: en-biten-dum-verb-Swb~XZyh Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "byt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "brc",
          "word": "biti"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "skw",
          "word": "bet"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "skw",
          "word": "bit"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "lang_code": "srn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "word": "beti"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "bijten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "biete"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "dum",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeyd-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "inh": "1"
      },
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      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*bītan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *bītan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
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        "3": "*bītan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.",
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dum-conj-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bitens",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijts",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bites",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bētes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijts",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bites",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bêet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bētet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bētet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gebēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "biten",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "biten",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bit",
        "2": "bêt",
        "3": "bēt",
        "4": "gebēten",
        "class": "1"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bitinge"
        },
        {
          "word": "gebiten"
        },
        {
          "word": "ontbiten"
        },
        {
          "word": "tebiten"
        },
        {
          "word": "verbiten"
        },
        {
          "word": "wēderbiten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bite"
      ],
      "id": "en-biten-dum-verb-Swb~XZyh",
      "links": [
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biten"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bitinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "gebiten"
    },
    {
      "word": "ontbiten"
    },
    {
      "word": "tebiten"
    },
    {
      "word": "verbiten"
    },
    {
      "word": "wēderbiten"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "byt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "brc",
          "word": "biti"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "skw",
          "word": "bet"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "skw",
          "word": "bit"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "lang_code": "srn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "uncertain"
          ],
          "word": "beti"
        }
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      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "bijten"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "biete"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dum-conj-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bêet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijts",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bites",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēets",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijts",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bētes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bêet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bētet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bijt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bētet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēten",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gebēten",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    }
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        "2": "bêt",
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      },
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    }
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      "glosses": [
        "to bite"
      ],
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          "bite",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːtən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biten"
}

Download raw JSONL data for biten meaning in Middle Dutch (6.5kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: biten/Middle Dutch 'base form' base_tags={'infinitive', 'strong'}",
  "path": [
    "biten"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Dutch",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "biten",
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}

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