Ge-hnǣgan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-hnǣgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hnǣgan
Add: -- Gehnǣgith sternit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 35. Full oft hit dæs deófles dugod gehnǣged, Sal. 399 (2nd ed.). Gehnǣcþ (=?-hnǣgþ, see ge-hnǣcan) deprimit, Germ. 401, 117. Sē þe hine āhæfæþ, hē bid genægeþ; and sē þe hine genǣgeþ (humiliaverit), hē bid āhæfen, Mt. R. 23, 12. Ic eom gesǽged and gehnǽged and swīde geeádmēd incurvatus sum et humiliatns sum usquequaque, Ps. Th. 37, 8. Hiora rīce wæs gehnǣged inclinata sunt regna, 45, 5. Fleáh fǣgegāst, folc wæs geh[n]ǣged, Exod. 169. [Goth. ga-hnaiwjan to humble: O. H. Ger. ge-hneigen inclinore, subjugare.] ge-hnægan
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