† abitev.

Forms: see a- prefix¹ and bite v.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German irbīzan to destroy by biting (Middle High German erbeizen , German †erbeißen ) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of bite v.In Old English a strong verb of Class I. In the following example abite apparently shows an alteration of abye v. (the rhyme is with wite (see wite v.¹); perhaps compare also abide v.); association with the present word seems unlikely:a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 21 We, yei! that shal thou sore abite.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To tear or destroy by biting. Also of the wind: to tear (something) to pieces.

ΚΠ

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxvii. 504 Him [sc. seofon leon] wæs þa oftogen ælces fodan six dagas þæt hi þone Godes man abitan sceoldon.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13474 And buȝen heom to-somne his cnihtes seleste. and uuenon þan Brutten swulc heo heom wolden abiten.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 77 (MED) Þu starest so þu wille abiten Al þat þu mist mid cliure smiten.

?a1300 Fox & Wolf 203 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 33 A þousent shep ich habbe abiten.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7087 (MED) Broune lyouns and ek white, Þat wolden fayn his folk abite.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. 26 (MED) For wyndes..in blowyng-tyme abite þe floures.

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiv So þat, by strength, at þe laste she be abyten [c1425 Vesp. B. 12 bitte] with houndes.

2. transitive. To consume or partake of (food); to taste.Only in Old English with genitive of object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)]

brookc950

abiteOE

haveOE

afangOE

takec1175

notea1200

usec1300

spendc1380

consumec1400

partake1602

pree1680

discuss1751

tuck1784

to put down1795

to be (also go) at the ——1796

go1830

kill1833

to put away1839

down1852

to put over1880

to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880

shift1896

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxviii. 31 Man slicð ðinne oxan beforan ðe, & þu his ne abitst [L. non comedas ex eo].

OE Wulfstan Outline of Hist. (Hatton) (1957) 145 God lyfde Adame þæt he moste brucan ealra wæstma, butan anes treowes wæstm he him forbead þæt he þæs næfre ne abite.

OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxxi. 333 Fela wyrta synt þe sume nytenu fedað, and þa silfan wyrta oðre nytenu acwellað, gif hi heora abitað.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abite
释义	† abitev. Forms: see a- prefix¹ and bite v. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German irbīzan to destroy by biting (Middle High German erbeizen , German †erbeißen ) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of bite v.In Old English a strong verb of Class I. In the following example abite apparently shows an alteration of abye v. (the rhyme is with wite (see wite v.¹); perhaps compare also abide v.); association with the present word seems unlikely:a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 21 We, yei! that shal thou sore abite. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To tear or destroy by biting. Also of the wind: to tear (something) to pieces. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxvii. 504 Him [sc. seofon leon] wæs þa oftogen ælces fodan six dagas þæt hi þone Godes man abitan sceoldon. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13474 And buȝen heom to-somne his cnihtes seleste. and uuenon þan Brutten swulc heo heom wolden abiten. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 77 (MED) Þu starest so þu wille abiten Al þat þu mist mid cliure smiten. ?a1300 Fox & Wolf 203 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 33 A þousent shep ich habbe abiten. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7087 (MED) Broune lyouns and ek white, Þat wolden fayn his folk abite. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. 26 (MED) For wyndes..in blowyng-tyme abite þe floures. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiv So þat, by strength, at þe laste she be abyten [c1425 Vesp. B. 12 bitte] with houndes. 2. transitive. To consume or partake of (food); to taste.Only in Old English with genitive of object. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] brookc950 abiteOE haveOE afangOE takec1175 notea1200 usec1300 spendc1380 consumec1400 partake1602 pree1680 discuss1751 tuck1784 to put down1795 to be (also go) at the ——1796 go1830 kill1833 to put away1839 down1852 to put over1880 to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880 shift1896 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxviii. 31 Man slicð ðinne oxan beforan ðe, & þu his ne abitst [L. non comedas ex eo]. OE Wulfstan Outline of Hist. (Hatton) (1957) 145 God lyfde Adame þæt he moste brucan ealra wæstma, butan anes treowes wæstm he him forbead þæt he þæs næfre ne abite. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxxi. 333 Fela wyrta synt þe sume nytenu fedað, and þa silfan wyrta oðre nytenu acwellað, gif hi heora abitað. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE
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