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BÚGAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BÚGAN, part. búgende; ic búge, ðu búgest, býhst, býgst, he búgeþ, býhþ, býgþ; p. ic, he beág, beáh, ðú buge, pl. bugon; imp. búg, búh; pp. bogen; v. intrans.
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §320; §496;
To BOW or bow down oneself, bend, swerve, give way, submit, yield, turn, turn away, flee; se flectere vel inclinare, curvare, declinare, desistere, cedere, vertere, divertere, fugere
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  • Hí noldon búgan to nánum deófolgilde

    they would not bow down to any idol,

      Homl. Th. ii. 18, 29: Rood Kmbl. 71; Kr. 36: Num. 25, 2.

  • Ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga búgende uncnytte, Mk. Bos. l, 7; I knelinge am not worthi for to undo the thwong of his schoon, Wyc. Seó eá, norþ búgende, út on ðone Wendel-sǽ

    the river, bending northward, [flows] out into the Mediterranean sea,

      Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 17, 33: Exon. 103a; Th. 390, 24; Rá. 9, 6.

  • Seó eorþe nǽfre ne býhþ ne ufor ne nyðor ðonne se ælmihtiga Scyppend hí gestaðelode

    the earth never swerves neither higher nor lower than the almighty Creator established it,

      Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 10, 19; Lchdm. iii. 254, 18.

  • Hí bugon and flugon

    they gave way and fled,

      Chr. 999; Erl. 135, 25.

  • Ic sceolde on bonan willan búgan 7

    must submit to a murderer's will,

      Exon. 126b; Th. 486, 4; Rä. 72, 7: Beo. Th. 5829; B. 2918.

  • Him beág gód dǽl ðæs folces a

    good part of the people submitted to him,

      Chr. 913; Erl. 102, 7: 921; Erl. 108, 1.

  • He to fulluhte beáh

    he submitted to baptism,

      Homl. Th. i. 386, 32: Ex. 32, 26.

  • Hí bugon to ðam

    they submitted to that,

      Jos. 9, 27: Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 24.

  • Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him

    every city was yielding to him,

      Jos. 11, 19.

  • Búge ic to eówerum hǽðenscipe

    I will turn to your heathendom,

      Homl. Th. i. 70, 28.

  • Híg bugon of ðam wege

    they have turned out of the way,

      Ex. 32, 8.

  • Ðæt ge ne bugon eft to woruldþingum

    that ye turn not again to worldly things,

      Boutr. Scrd. 22, 46.

  • Se Hǽlend beáh fram ðære gegaderunge

    the Saviour turned away from the company,

      Jn. Bos. 5, 13: Beo. Th. 5905; B. 2956.

  • Búh fram yfele and dó oððe wyrc gód diverte a malo et fac bonum, R. Ben. in proœm. He sceal búgan

    fugere debeat,

      Ex. 21, 13: Gen. 19, 21: Byrht. Th. 139, 58; By. 276.

  • Hí bugon fram beaduwe

    they fled from the fight,

      137, 12; By. 185: Beo. Th. 5190; B. 2598.
Etymology
[Laym. buȝen, buwen: Orm. buȝhenn: Plat, bögen: Dut. buigen: Kil. buyghen: Ger. M. H. Ger. biegen: O. H. Ger. Goth. biugan: Icel. boginn bent: Sansk. bhuj to bend.]
Derived forms
DER. a-búgan, an-, be-, bi-, for-, ge-, in-, on-, under-, ymb-.
Linked entries
v.  beág beáh.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/5377.

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