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ge-býgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-býgan, -bígan, -býgean, -bígean, -bégan; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.
To bow, bend, turn, inflect or decline a part of speech, recline, twist, bow down, humble, abase, bring under, subdue, crush; flectere, incurvare, inflectere, declinare, reclinare, torquere, humiliare, confringere
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  • Gebígdum cneówum

    flexis genibus,

    • Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 28
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  • gebýgdon sáwle míne

    incurvaverunt animam meam,

    • Ps. Spl. 56, 8
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    • Gen. 27, 29
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  • Ðá hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heafod gebýgdon

    then they twisted a sharp crown around my head,

    • Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 25
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    • Cri. 1445
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  • Hý ealle to him gebígde

    he brought them all under him,

    • Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15 : 5, 3
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    • Bos. 104, 11
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  • Ðæt hig ealle leóda sceoldan gebígan to geleáfán

    that they should subdue all nations to the faith,

    • Ælfc. T. Lisle 30, 5
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  • Íserne steng gebígeþ

    vectes ferreos confringit,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 15 : 72, 17; 143, 18
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v. býgan.
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v.  ge-bígan ge-býgean.
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