búȝan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: strong verb (2)

1. to bow; 2. to bend; 3. to turn away, retreat; to flee; 4. to submit, yield, surrender

Etymology

[Mod E BOW ← Prot-Germ *beugan, *būgan; Goth biugan; O Sax būgan “to bow, bend”; Dt buigen; OHG biogan (Mod G biegen); O Icel *bjúga (cf boginn p.p. “bowed; curved, bent”) ← Indo-Europ *bheugh-; Sanskr bhujáti “to curve, bend”]

Paradigm

4.1.2. - II class

II class	infinitive	past tense singular	past tense plural	past participle
to fly	fléoȝan	fléaȝ, fléah	fluȝon	floȝen
to choose, select	céosan	céas	curon	coren
to pull, draw, drag	téon	téah	tuȝon	toȝen
to bow; to bend	búȝan	béaȝ, béah	buȝon	boȝen

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