Bíte

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

bíte

l. bite, and add: I. a bite :-- Wiþ nǽdran bite, Lch. ii. 110, 19. Bite morsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 60. Swá hwilcne swá þæt hors mihte, hit slát and wundode hiora lima mid bitum, Gr. D. 78, 5. I a. of the effect of cancer :-- Ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, Lch. i. 296, 22. I b. fig. :-- 'Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, and ic beó þín bite on helle.' Mycelne bite Drihten dyde on helle þá hé þyder ástág, Bl. H. 67, 17. II. the bite, cut of a weapon, &c. :-- Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 114, 23: 209, 17. Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O. Frs. bénes biti.) [O. Frs. biti: O. Sax. biti (billes): O. H. Ger. biz morsus: Icel. bit; n.]

Parole correlate: grist-bite. bite