Ge-bígan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-bígan

Take here ge-bégan in Dict. , and add :-- Gebígþ flectit, curvat, inclinat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 44. Gebíged curva, 23, 47. I. to cause to move from a position or direction :-- þá þóhton hié hió sceoldon of þám muntum hié gebígan mid hiora flána gescotum, Ors. 6, 36 ; S. 294, 23. II. to bend, give shape or direction to an object: pebégð curvat (fornicem), Kent. Gl. 755. Circumflexus accentus gebíged accent, Angl. viii. 333, 26. Gebégdes adunci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 60. Gebígdre stíge flexo tramite, inclinato, 149, 45. Gebégde curbo (poplite), 83, 14. Gebíge[n]dne hláf laganum, Ex. 29, 23. Gebégdum aduncis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 22. II a. reflex, of a person, to bow in reverence :-- Hé hine eádmódlíce gebígde ádúne tó his fótum, Hml. S. 10, 128. III. to incline, turn a person to, bring to accept a faith, practice, object of worship, &c. :-- Hé þæt hǽðene landfolc tó Crístes geleáfan mid bodunge gebígde, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 20. Hé hine tó fulluhte gebígde . . . ðá gebróðra ðe hé ǽr tó Gode gebígde, Hml. S. 15, 26, 38. Tó brýdbúres geþeódnesse gebígdan ad thalami copulam in-clinarent, An. Ox. 3201. Gif hé mihte hí gebígan tó his synscipe, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 21. Gyf þú Godes folc gebígean ne miht tó rihte. Wlfst. 7, 8. Hé wolde gebígan his leóda tó geleáfan and tó þám lifigendan Gode, Hml. S. 26, 46. Hine gebégean tó beteran wege. Chr. 1067 ; P. 201, 29. IV. to turn, bring to a desired condition, adapt :-- Úre mód gebíg, þanc and þeáwas on þín gewil, Hy. 7, 77. Se bisceop ne mihte gebígan his spraec tó Nordhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe, Hml. S. 26, 68. V. to turn thought, attention, &c. , bring to consider :-- Hé gebígde his mód tó untrumra monna diógolnessum, Past. 99, 22. VI. to bend, subdue, humiliate, subject: -- -Wlǽttuncg ánrǽdnesse gebígde deformatio statum cordis inclinat, An. Ox. 4469. Englisce menn ꝥ land gebégdan þan kyninge tó handan, Chr. 1074; P. 209, 20. þæt hí mé gebýgen oð eorðan, Ps. Th. 16, 10. þ ú miht león and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, 90, 13. þá þeówas uneáþe oferwunnene wurdon, and VI M ofslagen ǽr hié mon gebíggiean mehte, ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 29. Ic eom gebíged (-bigged, ) and gehéned incurvatus sum et humiliatus, Past. 67, 18. Ic tó náwihte eom nýde gebíged ego ad nihilum redactus sum, Ps. Th. 72, 17. Burga fífe wǽran under Norðmannum nýde gebégde, Chr. 942; P. 110, 20. v. un-gebíged. ge-bigan

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