Olav Beito

Olav Toreson Beito (March 30, 1901 – September 28, 1989) was a Norwegian linguist and professor of Nordic studies at the University of Oslo.

Beito was born in Øystre Slidre Municipality, the son of the farmer Thore Andreas Beito (1849–1937) and Marit Beito (1858–1932). He married Marit Eker in 1930. He edited a number of publications in the series Skrifter frå norsk målførearkiv (Texts from the Norwegian Dialect Archives) and published the collection Norske målføretekster (Norwegian Dialect Texts) in 1963, followed by the collection Artiklar og talar i utval (Selected Articles and Lectures) in 1979. His 1970 Nynorsk grammar (second edition 1986) and died in Oslo.

Distinctions Beito was made a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1951.

Selected works R-bøygning: etterrøknader i norsk formlære (R-Declension: An Investigation of Norwegian Morphology, 1942) Norske sæternamn (Norwegian Mountain Dairy Farm Names, 1949) Genusskifte i nynorsk (Gender Shifts in Nynorsk, 1954) Norske målføretekster (Norwegian Dialect Texts, 1963) Nynorsk grammatikk: Lyd- og ordlære (Nynorsk Grammar: Phonology and Vocabulary, 1970) Artiklar og talar i utval (Selected Articles and Lectures, 1979)