Old English · verb
gebiegan
Normalised ġebīeġan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /jeˈbi͜yː.jɑn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈbi͜yː · jɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- inflectcurve
Meaning
-
to bend or curve
-
to turn (to or away from something)
Marcus sē godspellere be godes dihte ġefōr to Aegipta lande and þǣr lǣrde þæt folc and to fulluhte ġebiġde frām þām fūlan hæþensċype.
Mark the Evangelist went to Egypt by God's order and there taught its people and turned its people towards baptism and away from foul heathenism.
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints -
to humiliate, subdue
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to inflect
Ealle naman...bēoþ ġebīgede on fīf declinungum.
All nouns...are inflected in five declensions.
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | ġebīeġe | ġebīeġde |
| 2nd singular | ġebīeġestġebīeġst | ġebīeġdest |
| 3rd singular | ġebīeġeþġebīeġþ | ġebīeġde |
| Plural | ġebīeġaþ | ġebīeġdon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | ġebīeġe | ġebīeġde |
| Plural | ġebīeġen | ġebīeġden |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | ġebīeġan |
| Inflected infinitive | ġebīeġenne |
| Imperative singular | ġebīeġ |
| Imperative plural | ġebīeġaþ |
| Present participle | ġebīeġende |
| Past participle | ġebīeġed |
All forms (16)
Etymology
ġe- + bīeġan
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