Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (2)
to bow, bend
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *beugan, *būgan “to bow, bend”; OE búȝan (Mod E bow); O Sax būgan; 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”]
Concordance
biuga - 1 pers, sing, pres, indicat - Ephes. III, 14
biugiþ - 2 pers, pl, pres, indicat - Rom. XIV, 11
biugiþ - 2 pers, pl, pres, indicat - Rom. XIV, 11
Paradigm
4.1.1.2.
II class | infinitive | preterite singular | preterite plural | past participle |
normal grade | normal grade | zero grade | zero grade | |
i/ă | -i- | -a- | zero | zero |
additional element of vowel gradation for this class is [-u-] | i + u = iu | a + u = au | zero + u = u | zero + u = u |
to bow, bend | biugan | baug | bugum | bugans |
to prove, test; to choose | kiusan | kaus | kusum | kusans |
to pull, draw, drag | tiuhan | tauh [-au-] |
tauhum [-o-] |
tauhans [-o-] |
See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs
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