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# biteth

verb, old form of «bites» (he, she, it)

«biteth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«biteth» means «bites», a form of «bite»: To cut or hold something with your teeth: "Bite the apple." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/biteth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he biteth» = «he bites».

### Examples

- Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/biteth/#x1)

### Note

Today: bites.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «biteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/biteth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«biteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/biteth.html) on Mova free.