"biten" meaning in Middle English

See biten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbiːtən/
Etymology: From Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan. Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}, {{dercat|enm|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|enm|ang|bītan}} Old English bītan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*bītan}} Proto-West Germanic *bītan Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} biten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|bit|bot|3a=bit|c=1}} Forms: strong [table-tags], biten [infinitive], to biten [infinitive], bite [infinitive], bite [first-person, present, singular], bot [first-person, past, singular], bitest [present, second-person, singular], bote [past, second-person, singular], bite [past, second-person, singular], bot [past, second-person, singular], biteth [present, singular, third-person], bot [past, singular, third-person], bite [present, singular, subjunctive], bote [past, singular, subjunctive], bite [past, singular, subjunctive], bite [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], biten [plural, present], bite [plural, present], boten [past, plural], bote [past, plural], biten [past, plural], bite [past, plural], biteth [imperative, plural, present], bite [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], bitynge [participle, present], bitende [participle, present], biten [participle, past], bite [participle, past], ybiten [participle, past], ybite [participle, past]
  1. to bite Synonyms: byte, byten, bite, bight
    Sense id: en-biten-enm-verb-Swb~XZyh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bi.ˈtøːn/ [Early-Middle-English], /bi.ˈteːn/
Etymology: From Old English betēon, equivalent to be- + tēn. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|betēon}} Old English betēon, {{af|enm|be-|tēn}} be- + tēn Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} biten
  1. Alternative form of biteon Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: biteon
    Sense id: en-biten-enm-verb-rM8aRp6C Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with be-: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.