á-bígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

á-bígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 á-bígan

to deflect, turn away :-- 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.] a-bigan

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ᚪ-ᛒᛁᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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