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bita

  • noun [ masculine ]
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bita, an; m. [biten; pp. of bítan to bite] .
Wright's OE grammar
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BIT, morsel, piece, fragment; frustum, buccella
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  • 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.
anything that bites, a biter, an animal; ferus
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  • Ǽnlíce [ænlige MS.] bita

    singularis ferus,

      Ps. Spl. 79, 14.
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  • bita, n.