Ge-búgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-búgan

p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow]. I. or bow down oneself, bend, submit, turn, turn away, revolt; se flectĕre vel inclīnāre, curvāre, declĕnāre, transfŭgĕre :-- He cwæþ ðæt he wolde to fulluhte gebúgan he said that he would submit to baptism, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 10 : Boutr. Scrd. 22, 43 : Bt. Met. Fox 25, 128; Met. 25,64. Heó on flet gebeáh she bowed to the floor, Beo. Th. 3085; B. 1540 : 5953; B. 2980. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tosomne the worm quickly bent together, 5128; B. 2567. Hí gebugon to Iosue and to Israhéla bearnum transfūgĕrit ad Iosue et ad fīlios Israel, Jos. 10, 4. Ne ðú ne gebúh fram ðære ǽ on ða swíðran healfe ne on ða wynstran ne declīnes ab lēge ad dextĕram vel ad sinistram, 1, 7. Ðæt ðú to sǽmran gebuge that thou should bow to worse, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 9; Jul. 361. Eall folc him to gebogen wæs all people submitted to him, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 2, 21 : L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 250, 1. Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron who had formerly turned from them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44. II. v. trans. acc. To bow to, turn towards; inclīnāre ad :-- Sum fletreste gebeág one bowed to his domestic couch, Beo. Th. 2487; B. 1241. Monig snellíc sǽrinc selereste gebeáh many a keen seaman bowed to his hall-couch, 1385; B. 690. DER. in-gebúgan. ge-bugan

Related words: intrans. To bow