gebiegan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

ġe- +‎ bīeġan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈbi͜yː.jɑn/

Verb

ġebīeġan (transitive)

  1. to bend or curve
  2. to turn (to or away from something)
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      Marcus sē godspellere be godes dihte ġefōr to Aegipta lande and þǣr lǣrde þæt folc and to fulluhte ġebiġde frām þām fūlan hæþensċype.
      Mark the Evangelist went to Egypt by God's order and there taught its people and turned its people towards baptism and away from foul heathenism.
  3. to humiliate, subdue
  4. (grammar) to inflect

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġebīeġan (weak, class 1)
infinitive ġebīeġan ġebīeġenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġebīeġe ġebīeġde
second person singular ġebīeġest, ġebīeġst ġebīeġdest
third person singular ġebīeġeþ, ġebīeġþ ġebīeġde
plural ġebīeġaþ ġebīeġdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġebīeġe ġebīeġde
plural ġebīeġen ġebīeġden
imperative
singular ġebīeġ
plural ġebīeġaþ
participle present past
ġebīeġende ġebīeġed

Derived terms

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