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ge-bégan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-bégan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.
To cause to bow, bend, bow down, recline, press down, humble, crush; flectĕre, incurvāre, humiliare, deprĭmĕre
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  • Gebégdon sáwle míne

    incurvāvērunt anĭmam meam,

    • Ps. Surt. 56, 7
      • :
    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 58
      • .

  • Se ðe hine ahefeþ he biþ gebéged and se ðe hine gebéges he ahæfen biþ

    qui se exaltaverit humiliabitur et qui se humiliaverit exaltabitur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 12
      • .

  • Heó sceáf in ðæt neowle genip, nearwe gebéged

    thrust them into that deep darkness, closely pressed down,

    • Cd. 223; Th. 292, 26
      • ;
    • Sat. 446
      • .

  • Burga fífe wǽran under Norþmannum nýde gebégde on hǽðenra hæfteclommum lange þrage

    five towns were under the Northmen by necessity bowed down in the bonds of the heathen for a long space,

    • Chr. 941; Th. 210, 7, col. 1
      • ;
    • Edm.9
      • .
Derived forms
bégan, ge-býgan
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-bégan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13610.

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