Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-býgan

Part of speech: -bígan, -býgean, -bígean, -bégan; Related words: trans. To bow, bend , turn, inflect

Definitions

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1 ge-býgan

p. de; pp. ed; or decline a part of speech, recline, twist, bow down, humble, abase, bring under, subdue, crush; flectere, incurvare, inflectere, declinare, reclinare, torquere, humiliare, confringere :-- Gebígdum cneówum flexis genibus, Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 28. Hý gebýgdon sáwle míne incurvaverunt animam meam, Ps. Spl. 56, 8 : Gen. 27, 29. Ðá hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heafod gebýgdon then they twisted a sharp crown around my head, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 25; Cri. 1445. Hý ealle to him gebígde he brought them all under him, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15 : 5, 3; Bos. 104, 11. Ðæt hig ealle leóda sceoldan gebígan to geleáfán that they should subdue all nations to the faith, Ælfc. T. Lisle 30, 5. Íserne steng gebígeþ vectes ferreos confringit, Ps. Th. 106, 15 : 72, 17; 143, 18.

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛒᚣᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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