Participles
| Present | bēatende |
| Past | (ġe)bēaten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bēate |
| 2nd sing. | bīetst |
| 3rd sing. | bīett; bīet |
| 1st plur. | bēataþ |
| 2nd plur. | bēataþ |
| 3rd plur. | bēataþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bēot; beoft |
| 2nd sing. | bēote; beofte |
| 3rd sing. | bēot; beoft |
| 1st plur. | bēoton; beofton |
| 2nd plur. | bēoton; beofton |
| 3rd plur. | bēoton; beofton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bēate |
| 2nd sing. | bēate |
| 3rd sing. | bēate |
| 1st plur. | bēaten |
| 2nd plur. | bēaten |
| 3rd plur. | bēaten |
Past
| 1st sing. | bēote; beofte |
| 2nd sing. | bēote; beofte |
| 3rd sing. | bēote; beofte |
| 1st plur. | bēoten; beoften |
| 2nd plur. | bēoten; beoften |
| 3rd plur. | bēoten; beoften |
Imperative
| Singular | bēat |
| Plural | bēataþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'beatan'
beatan,
Verbs similar to 'beatan'
behatan,
betan,
breatan,
geatan,
ahatan,
bacan,
bætan,
batian,
beagian,
began,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bautaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Stormas þǣr stānclifu bēotan, þǣr him stearn oncwæð īsiġfeþera; ful oft þæt earn biġeal, ūriġfeþra; nǣniġ hlēomǣga fēasċeaftiġ ferð fēran meahte. (Storms there beat stone-cliffs, where an icy-feathered bird answered 'em; that wet-feathered eagle yelled full oft; no wretched soul of shelter-kinsmen could go forth.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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