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ge-búgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .
v. intrans.
To bow or bow down oneself, bend, submit, turn, turn away, revolt; se flectĕre vel inclīnāre, curvāre, declĕnāre, transfŭgĕre
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  • He cwæþ ðæt he wolde to fulluhte gebúgan

    he said that he would submit to baptism,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 26, 10
      • :
    • Boutr. Scrd. 22, 43
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 128
      • ;
    • Met. 25,64
      • .

  • Heó on flet gebeáh

    she bowed to the floor,

    • Beo. Th. 3085
      • ;
    • B. 1540 : 5953
      • ;
    • B. 2980
      • .

  • Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tosomne

    the worm quickly bent together,

    • 5128
      • ;
    • B. 2567
      • .

  • Hí gebugon to Iosue and to Israhéla bearnum

    transfūgĕrit ad Iosue et ad fīlios Israel,

    • Jos. 10, 4
      • .

  • Ne ðú ne gebúh fram ðære ǽ on ða swíðran healfe ne on ða wynstran

    ne declīnes ab lēge ad dextĕram vel ad sinistram,

    • 1, 7
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú to sǽmran gebuge

    that thou should bow to worse,

    • Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 9
      • ;
    • Jul. 361
      • .

  • Eall folc him to gebogen wæs

    all people submitted to him,

    • Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 2, 21
      • :
    • L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 250, 1
      • .

  • Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron

    who had formerly turned from them,

    • Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44
      • .
v. trans. acc.
To bow to, turn towards; inclīnāre ad
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  • Sum fletreste gebeág

    one bowed to his domestic couch,

    • Beo. Th. 2487
      • ;
    • B. 1241
      • .

  • Monig snellíc sǽrinc selereste gebeáh

    many a keen seaman bowed to his hall-couch,

    • 1385
      • ;
    • B. 690
      • .
Derived forms
in-gebúgan
Linked entries
v.  ge-beág ge-bogen ge-búh.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-búgan.” 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/13808.

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