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Grammar
býge, l. byge,
Wright's OE grammar
§320; §386;
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of shape or direction
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  • Byge

    sinus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 65.

  • Andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge,

      C. D. v. 153, 31.

  • Tó ðǽre díce byge,

      298, 12.
  • On ðone byge ; of ðám byge, vi. 1, 20 : 2, 4.

  • Sete þíne hand on earmes byge,

      Tech. ii. 128, 14.

  • Bigum

    anfractibus,

      An. Ox. 3696.

  • Wrǽda bíum

    fasciarum ambagibus,

    3500.

  • Hit bið drifen on swíðe nearwe bygeas,

      Past. 59, 6.
of movement (lit. or fig. )
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  • Bigas

    circuitus,

      Wülck. Gl. 232, 41.

  • Se hara bígde gelóme, þóhte mid þám bigum ætberstan þám deáðe,

      Hml. S. 31, 1059.

  • Hé gedyde bigeas (-ias,

    v.l.)

    and fleám,
      Gr. D. 122, 24.
something bent
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  • Under býcnunge ðæs écan biges (beáges, v.l.)

    sub figura coronae perpetis,

      Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 682, 6.

  • Hyrdle, bige

    plecta,

      An. Ox. 3888.
Etymology
[Icel. bugr.]
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v. fram-byge.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “býge.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/41190.

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