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bígan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§7; §136; §320; §530; §643;
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trans.
To bend,
of shape, attitude
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  • Ic bége míne cneówa,

    • Bl. H. 187, 18
    • .
of direction,
to incline
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  • þá þá hé bígede

    cum (membra sopori) dedisset .i. inclinasset,

    • An. Ox. 2105.
figurative,
to humiliate, subdue
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  • Líchama mín in nédhérnisse ic bégo

    corpus meum in servitutem redigo,

    • Rtl. 6, 9.
  • Suǽ hwælc béges hine

    quicumque humiliaverit se,

    • Mt. L. 18, 4
    • .
to turn, incline
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  • Bégan wé úre mód fram ðǽre lufan þisse worlde.

    • Bl. H. 57, 22.
intrans.
To bend, move in a curve :--
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  • Se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum.

    • Hml. S. 12, 226
    • .
  • Se hara bígde gelóme

    the hare frequently doubled,

    • 31, 1058
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. bey.
Goth. us-baugjan
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O. frs. béia
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O. L. Ger. bógian
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O. H. Ger. bougen.
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Similar entries
v. bégan, býgan in Dict.
Linked entries
v.  býgan bégan.
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