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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bita

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1 bita

m. [biten; pp. of bítan to bite]. I. a BIT, morsel, piece, fragment; frustum, buccella :-- Ne mihte hyra ǽlc ánne bitan of ðám gelæccan every one of them could not get a morsel, Homl. Th. i. 182, 10. Æfter ðam bitan post buccellam, Jn. Bos. 13, 27. II. anything that bites, a biter, an animal; ferus :-- Ǽnlíce [ænlige MS.] bita singularis ferus, Ps. Spl. 79, 14. bita
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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