Hnǽgan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hnǽgan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hnǽgan
- p. de To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate :-- Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331. [Goth. hnaiwjan to abase: Icel. hneigja to bow: O. H. Ger. hneigjan subjicere, inclinare: Ger. neigen.]