v. (pp.)
'given, assigned'
(Modern English )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
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