betine

betine · verb¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bitūnijan“to inclose, hedge about”
2. Old English · inherited frombetȳnan“to hedge in, enclose, shut, bury; shut out; conclude, end”
3. Middle English · inherited frombetinen
4. English todaybetine

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”)).

betine · verb²

From be- + tine, variation of tind (“to set fire to”). More at tind.