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býge

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
býge, bíge, es; m. [býgan to bow]
Wright's OE grammar
§320; §386;
A bowing, bending, turning, a corner, an angle, a bay, bosom, the apex of a helmet; flexus, ancon, angulus, sinus, conus
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  • Ðá gestóp he to ánes wealles býge

    then he stepped to a bend of a wall,

      Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 23: Num. 22, 26.
  • Helmes býge

    conus galeÆ,

      Wrt. Voc. 36, 3.
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v.  bíge.
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  • býge, n.