FromOld Englishbetēon(“to cover, surround, enclose, dispose of, bestow, bequeath, impeach, accuse”), equivalent tobi- +ten(“to go, to draw”). Cognate withGermanbeziehen(“to obtain, cover, receive, draw”),Gothic𐌱𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽(bitiuhan,“to bestow, draw over, betray”).
biteon (third-person singular simple presentbiteoth,present participlebiteonde,first-/third-person singular past indicativebitogh,past participlebitowen)