Ge-bígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-bígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: trans.

Definitions

1 ge-bígan

p. de; pp. ed; [ge-, bígan to bow, bend] To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, twist, bow down, humble, bring under, subdue, crush; flectĕre, inflectĕre, declīnāre. humiliāre :-- He hí to fulluhte gebígde he brought them to baptism, H. R. 101, 26. Se sceal heán wesan niðer gebíged he shall be low bowed down, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 28; Mód. 55: Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 28: Gen. 27, 29. Ealle naman beóþ gebígede on fíf declínungum omnia nómĭna quinque declinā-tiōnĭbus inflectuntur, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 2: 14; Som. 16, 56: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 26; Cri. 1126: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15: Ælfc. T. 30, 5: Ps. Th. 106, 15.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᛁᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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