*beuganą

Runic: ᛒᛖᚢᚷᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbeu̯.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 2

Meanings

to bend, bow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwgʰ-e/o- from root *bʰewgʰ- (‘to bend; curve, arch’). There was also an alternate form *būganą. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bъgati (‘to bend’), Sanskrit भोग (bhogá) (bhogá, ‘winding, curve’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularbeugōbeugaų–
2nd singularbiugizibeugaizbeug
3rd singularbiugidibeugaibeugadau
1st dualbeugōzbeugaiw–
2nd dualbeugadizbeugaidizbeugadiz
1st pluralbeugamazbeugaim–
2nd pluralbiugidbeugaidbiugid
3rd pluralbeugandibeugainbeugandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularbeugai–
2nd singularbeugazaibeugaizau
3rd singularbeugadaibeugaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralbeugandaibeugaindau
2nd pluralbeugandaibeugaindau
3rd pluralbeugandaibeugaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularbaugbugį̄
2nd singularbauhtbugīz
3rd singularbaugbugī
1st dualbugūbugīw
2nd dualbugudizbugīdiz
1st pluralbugumbugīm
2nd pluralbugudbugīd
3rd pluralbugunbugīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
beuganą beugandz buganaz

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Descendants

  • *beugan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *būgan (Old Dutch)
      • bugen (Middle Dutch)
        • buigen (Dutch)
          • buge (Limburgish)
  • *beugan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • būgan (Old English)
      • bowen, bouwe, bouwen, bowe, buȝen, buȝhenn, buhen, buwen, bouȝe, boughe, bow, bowghe, bouwien (Middle English)
        • bow (English)
          • bou, bow, boo (Scots)
        • bow (Middle Scots)
          • bou, bow, boo (Scots)
  • *beugan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • biogan (Old High German)
      • biegen (Middle High German)
        • biegen (German)
          • béien (Luxembourgish)
  • *beugan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • būgan (Old Saxon)
      • būgen (Middle Low German)
        • bugen (Low German)
          • bieejen (Plautdietsch)
  • bjúga, búga (Old Norse)
    • bughæ, bwæ (Old Danish)
      • bue (Danish)
      • bue (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • bjúga, búga (Old Norse)
    • buga (Swedish)
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan) (Gothic)

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