Old English · verb
gebugan
Normalised ġebūgan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class II
- IPA
- /jeˈbuː.ɡɑn/[jeˈbuː.ɣɑn]
- Syllables
- je · ˈbuː · ɡɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- retire
Meaning
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to bend, bow (down)
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to turn (toward or away from something)
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to yield, give way
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to submit
Đā andwyrde Martinus unforht ðām cāsere, "Iċ wille ðurhgān orsorh ðone here, mid rōde tācne ġewǣpnod, nā mid rēadum sċylde, oððe mid hefeġum helme, oððe heardre byrnan." Đa hēt sē hǣðena cyning healdan Martinum, þæt hē wurde āworpen unġewǣpnod ðām here. Þā nolde sē Hǣlend his ðeġen forlǣtan, ac ġesibbode þæt folc sōna þǣs on merien, þæt hī tō þǣs cāseres cyneġyrd
Then the bold Martinus answered the emperor "I will go fearlessly through the army, armed with a crucifix, not with a red shield, nor with a heavy helmet, nor a hard corselet." So the heathen king ordered that Martinus be held so he could be thrown unarmed into the army. But the Savior would not abandon his servant, and in the morning soon pacified the people so that they submitted to the emperor'
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
to retire, withdraw
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
ġe- + būgan
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