gebygan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ġebȳgean, ġebīgan, ġebēgan

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ bȳgan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jeˈbyːɣɑn/

Verb

ġebȳgan

  1. (literally or figuratively) to cause to bend, bow, curve, or turn
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Hē þæt hǣðene landfolc tō Crīstes ġelēafan mid bodunge gebīgde.
      He humbled the heathen public of the country to the faith of Christ with preaching.
e.g. to convert, subdue, adapt, turn thought, humble, humiliate (towards with preposition tō)
  1. (grammar) to inflect or decline

Conjugation
Conjugation of ġebȳgan (weak class 1)
infinitive ġebȳgan tō ġebȳgenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ġebȳge ġebȳgde
2nd-person singular ġebȳgest ġebȳgdest
3rd-person singular ġebȳgeþ ġebȳgde
plural ġebȳgaþ ġebȳgdon
subjunctive present past
singular ġebȳge ġebȳgde
plural ġebȳgen ġebȳgden
imperative
singular ġebȳge
plural ġebȳgaþ
participle present past
ġebȳgende ġebȳged

Further reading
  • ĠEBȲGAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • ĠEBĪGAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • ĠEBĒGAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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