"Dost bit" is a common phrase in Early Modern English literature, meaning "you must bite." The phonetic transcription of this phrase in IPA is /dʌst bɪt/, which shows that the letter "o" is pronounced as "ʌ" and the letter "i" is pronounced as "ɪ." The spelling of this phrase reflects the pronunciation during the time of its usage, where "dost" was a second-person singular present tense form of "do" and "bit" was the past tense of "bite." The use of IPA helps to understand the pronunciation and spelling of archaic words like "dost bit."