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á-bígan

  • verb [ weak ]
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to deflect, turn away
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  • Hé ná ne áflýmde ne ne ábýgde fram him sylfum ðone ege his módes (

    the verbs here seem a mistranslation of divulgavit in the original ),

      Gr. D. 107, 16.
  • Ne mihton hí ðone streám ábýgan (

    deflectere

    ),
      192, 24. [Add:here á-bégan in Dict., and cf. un-ábígendlíc.
    ]
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