goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
"I ate my words after admitting that I had committed a rash act without thinking about the consequences."
simple past tense of eat
"She ate an apple after her morning run."
The word "ate" is a later modification of the older form "eat," created to match the pattern of other strong verbs like "break." This change likely preserves an Old English pronunciation that existed alongside the more common past tense form "et.