bitan

v. (pp.)

'given, assigned'

(Modern English )

Etymology

OE bi- + take. OED notes that some senses relating to giving indicate early confusion with the v. from OE be-tǣcan 'hand over, deliver, give' (cp. MED s.v. bitēchen).

PGmc Ancestor

*tak-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

taka ‘to take’ 
(ONP taka (2) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far taka, Icel taka, Norw taka, Dan tage, OSw taka, tagha, Sw taga

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2

Attestation

First cited by MED from c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9), and common and widespread in ME thereafter.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Erk 28

Bibliography

MED bitāken (v.) , OED beteach (v.) , HTOED ; see further take (v.).