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bede.

beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/beːðə/[ˈb̥eðð̩]
  1. beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Via Middle Low German bēye from Latin bēta (“beet”). Compare also German Bete and English beet.

noun/beːðə/[ˈb̥eðð̩]
  1. wether (a castrated ram)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Either the Danish noun derives from a now-archaic verb bede (“to castrate, geld, wether”), which derives from Middle Low German böten, or the noun derives from a Middle Low German noun bete.

verb/beːðə/[ˈb̥eðð̩]
  1. to make a halt, take a rest

    dated
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse beita (“to let graze, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną, cognate with Norwegian beite (English bait is borrowed from Old Norse). A causative of the verb *bītaną (“to bite”) (cf. Danish bide).

verb/beːˀ/[ˈb̥eˀ]/beːðə/[ˈb̥eðð̩]
  1. to ask, request (to demand something from someone, with the person as an object and with the preposition om + the thing asked for)

    transitive
  2. to beg, entreat, implore (to plead to someone about something, with the person as an object and with the preposition om + the thing asked for)

    transitive
  3. to pray (to address a divinity, with the preposition til + the addressed divinity)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse biðja, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”). Cognate with Swedish be, bedja, English bid, Dutch bidden, and German bitten. The Germanic verb probably goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-, cf. Polish żądać (“to demand”) and Ancient Greek θέσσασθαι (théssasthai, “to pray”).

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