bede.
beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)
Meaning & usage
beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris)
Where this word comes from
Via Middle Low German bēye from Latin bēta (“beet”). Compare also German Bete and English beet.
wether (a castrated ram)
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.
to make a halt, take a rest
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).
to ask, request (to demand something from someone, with the person as an object and with the preposition om + the thing asked for)
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)
to pray (to address a divinity, with the preposition til + the addressed divinity)
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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