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Old English · verb

biegan

Normalised bīeġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈbi͜yː.jɑn/
Syllables
ˈbi͜yː · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
inflectcurve

Meaning

  1. to bend or curve

  2. to turn (toward or away from something)

  3. to humiliate, subdue

  4. to inflect

Conjugation

Conjugation of biegan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bīeġebīeġde
2nd singular bīeġestbīeġstbīeġdest
3rd singular bīeġeþbīeġþbīeġde
Plural bīeġaþbīeġdon
Subjunctive
Singular bīeġebīeġde
Plural bīeġenbīeġden
Non-finite forms of biegan
Form
Infinitive bīeġan
Inflected infinitive bīeġenne
Imperative singular bīeġ
Imperative plural bīeġaþ
Present participle bīeġende
Past participle bīeġedġebīeġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baugijan. Cognate with Old Frisian beia, Old Saxon bōgian, Old Dutch bōgen, Old High German bougen, Old Norse beygja.

Descendants

bay

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