biyete
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English begēate, a deverbal noun from beġietan (Middle English begeten).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
biyete
- gain, acquisition
- offspring, progeny
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
- And now worth þis Mede ymaried · to a mansed schrewe / To one fals fikel tonge · a fendes biȝete.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- “biyēte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.