A-bugan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-bugan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- a-bugan
- p. -beág, -beáh, pl. -bugon; pp. -bogen To iow, bend, incline, withdraw, retire; se vertere, declinare, inclinare, averti :-- Abflgaþ eádmðdlíce inclinate suppliciter. Coll. Monast. Th. 36, 3. Ac ðé firina gehwylc feor abúgeþ but from thee each sin shall far retire, Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 22; Cri. 56. Ðǽr fram sylle abeág medu-benc mon'g there many a mead-bench inclined from its sill, Beo. Th. 1555 ; 8.775. angered. Ps. Th. 77, 41; p. of a-belgan. a-bunden ready; expeditus, Cot. 72 ; pp. of a-bindan. v. bindan. a-butan, -bflton; prep. acc. [a + be -l- Qtan] ABOUT, around, round about; circa :-- Ðú tæcst Israhela folce abútan ðone rnúnt thou shall take the people of Israel around the mountain. Ex. 19, 12. Abuton hi circa eos, Mk. Bos. 9, 14. Abúton stán about a stone, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 16. a-bugan