English Explanatory Dictionary

betine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hedge about; enclose; shut up.
verb
  1. To set fire to.

Word forms

betine betines betining betined betyne betune betun

Etymology

From Middle English betinen, betynen, bitunen, bituinen, from Old English betȳnan (“to hedge in, enclose, shut, bury; shut out; conclude, end”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitūnijan (“to inclose, hedge about”), equivalent to be- + tine. Cognate with Middle Dutch betuinen, Middle Low German betü̂nen, Middle High German beziunen (German bezäunen (“to fence in, surround, border”)).

Derived words

betined
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