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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

  1. to bend, bow (down)

  2. to turn (toward or away from something)

  3. to yield, give way

  4. 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
  5. to retire, withdraw

Conjugation

Conjugation of gebugan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġebūgeġebēagġebēah
2nd singular ġebȳġstġebuge
3rd singular ġebȳġþġebēagġebēah
Plural ġebūgaþġebugon
Subjunctive
Singular ġebūgeġebuge
Plural ġebūgenġebugen
Non-finite forms of gebugan
Form
Infinitive ġebūgan
Inflected infinitive ġebūgenne
Imperative singular ġebūgġebūh
Imperative plural ġebūgaþ
Present participle ġebūgende
Past participle ġebogen

All forms (16)

Etymology

ġe- + būgan

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