Participles
| Present | bǣtende |
| Past | (ġe)bǣted |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bǣte |
| 2nd sing. | bǣtest; bǣtst |
| 3rd sing. | bǣteþ; bǣtt; bǣt |
| 1st plur. | bǣtaþ |
| 2nd plur. | bǣtaþ |
| 3rd plur. | bǣtaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bǣtte |
| 2nd sing. | bǣttest |
| 3rd sing. | bǣtte |
| 1st plur. | bǣtton |
| 2nd plur. | bǣtton |
| 3rd plur. | bǣtton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bǣte |
| 2nd sing. | bǣte |
| 3rd sing. | bǣte |
| 1st plur. | bǣten |
| 2nd plur. | bǣten |
| 3rd plur. | bǣten |
Past
| 1st sing. | bǣtte |
| 2nd sing. | bǣtte |
| 3rd sing. | bǣtte |
| 1st plur. | bǣtten |
| 2nd plur. | bǣtten |
| 3rd plur. | bǣtten |
Verbs conjugated like 'bætan'
bætan,
Verbs similar to 'bætan'
bædan,
betan,
bitan,
blætan,
hætan,
lætan,
mætan,
tætan,
wætan,
abitan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *baitijan, from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite, bridle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*baitijaną'.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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