forbugan

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to for- +‎ būgan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈbuː.ɡɑn/, [forˈbuː.ɣɑn]

Verb

forbūgan

1. to avoid, abstain
2. to get or stay out of the way of something
3. to abstain
4. to miss a meeting or an appointment
5. to shun, eschew

Conjugation

Conjugation of forbūgan (strong class 2)

infinitive	forbūgan	forbūgenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	forbūge	forbēag, forbēah
second person singular	forbȳġst	forbuge
third person singular	forbȳġþ	forbēag, forbēah
plural	forbūgaþ	forbugon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	forbūge	forbuge
plural	forbūgen	forbugen
imperative
singular	forbūg, forbūh
plural	forbūgaþ
participle	present	past
	forbūgende	forbogen

Derived terms

• forbūgendlīċ (“avoidable”)
• forbūgendlīċe (“avoidably”)
• forbūgennes f (“avoidance, evasion”)
• unforbūgendlīċ (“unavoidable, inevitable”)
• unforbūgendlīċe (“unavoidably, inevitably”)

Descendants

• Middle English: forbowen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forbugan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.