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býgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
býgan, bígan, bígean, bégan; he býgeþ; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §136; §320; §530; §643;
To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase; flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare
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  • Býgdest ðú ðé fór hæleðum

    thou bowedst thyself before men,

      Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 11; Seel. 153.
  • Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh býge wið eorþan

    though thou bend any bough towards the earth,

      Bt. Met. Fox 13, 106; Met. 13, 53.
  • Býgaþ hine, ðæt he on hinder gǽþ

    they shall turn him back, so that he shall go backward,

      Salm. Kmbl. 252; Sal. 125.
  • He herm-cweðend hýneþ and býgeþ

    humiliabit calumniatorem,

      Ps. Th. 71, 5.
Etymology
[Dan. böje, boie: Swed. böja: O. Nrs. beygja.]
Derived forms
búgan
Linked entries
v.  ge-býgan bígan bígean bíg-nes býgend-líc for-býgan bégan.
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