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ge-bígan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ge-, bígan to bow, bend]
To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, twist, bow down, humble, bring under, subdue, crush; flectĕre, inflectĕre, declīnāre, humiliāre
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  • He hí to fulluhte gebígde

    he brought them to baptism,

    • H. R. 101, 26
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  • Se sceal heán wesan niðer gebíged

    he shall be low bowed down,

    • Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 28
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    • Mód. 55
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    • Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 28
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    • Gen.27, 29
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  • Ealle naman beóþ gebígede on fíf declínungum

    omnia nómĭna quinque declinā-tiōnĭbus inflectuntur,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 2: 14
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    • Som. 16, 56
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    • Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 26
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    • Cri. 1126
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    • Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15
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    • Ælfc. T. 30, 5
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    • Ps. Th. 106, 15
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Similar entries
v. ge-býgan.
Linked entries
v.  -bígan ge-beágian ge-bégan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bígan.” 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/13670.

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