biegan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === bīġan bȳġan — Late West Saxon bēġan — Anglian, Kentish === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *baugijan. Cognate with Old Frisian beia, Old Saxon bōgian, Old Dutch bōgen, Old High German bougen, Old Norse beygja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi͜yː.jɑn/ === Verb === bīeġan (transitive) to bend or curve to turn (toward or away from something) to humiliate, subdue (grammar) to inflect ==== Usage notes ==== The intransitive equivalent is būgan. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bīeġels ġebīeġan ġebīeġednes ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bēgen English: bay