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† aˈbite, v. Obs.
[f. a- prefix 1 + bite.]
To bite, nip, taste.
c1000ælfric Deut. xxviii. 31 Man slihþ þinne oxon beforan þé, and þú his ne abitst. 1205Layamon III. 75 His cnihtes..uuenon þan Brutten, Swulc heo heom wolden abiten. a1250Owl & Night. 77 Thu starest so thu wille abiten Al that thu miȝt mid clivre smiten. c1300K. Alis. 7096 (Weber I. 291) Broune lyons, and eke white, That wolden fayn his folk abyte. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvi. 26 Windes..in blowyng-tyme abite þe floures. a1450Vox & Wolf 203 (Hazl. E.P.P. I. 64) A thousent shep ich habbe abiten.
¶ Confused with abye.
c1460Towneley Myst. 15 We, yei, that shal thou sore abite. |