Bǽtan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

bǽtan

p. bǽtte; pp. bǽted; frenum equo vel asino injicere, frenare, cohibere :-- Esolas bǽtan to bridle asses, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 25; Gen. 2866. Gif he ǽr þweores windes bǽtte if he first restrained the perverse wind, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 16. [O. H. Ger. beizian mordere facere, infrenare : O. Nrs. beita.] DER. ge-bǽtan, ymbe-. bætan

Parole correlate: a. To bridle, rein in, restrain, curb, bit;