forbugan

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Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to for- +‎ būgan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /forˈbuː.ɡɑn/,

Verb

forbūgan

to avoid, abstain
to get or stay out of the way of something
to abstain
to miss a meeting or an appointment
to shun, eschew

Conjugation

Conjugation of forbūgan (strong class 2)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	forbūgan	forbūgenne
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.

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