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From Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian beia, Old Saxon bōgian, Old Dutch bōgen, Old High German bougen, Old Norse beygja.

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bīeġan (transitive)

  1. to bend or curve
  2. to turn (toward or away from something)
  3. to humiliate, subdue
  4. (grammar) to inflect

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  • Middle English: bēgen