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▪ I. † abow, v. Obs.
1–5. Forms: inf. 1 abúᵹan; 2–3 abuȝe(n, abue(n, abouwe(n, abue(n, aboue; 3–4 abowe. pa. tense 1 abeáᵹ; 1–2 abeáh, pl. abuᵹon; 2–3 abeh; 3 (trans.) abuyde; 4 (intr.) aboȝede, abowȝ. pa. pple. 1 aboᵹen.
[OE. abúᵹan, f. a- prefix 1 + búᵹan; cogn. w. OHG. arbiugan, NHG. er-biegen, Goth. us-biugan.]
1. intr. To bend, incline, bow, stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence, to submit.
c1000Beowulf 1555 Þær fram sylle abeaᵹ medu-benc moniᵹ. 1086O.E. Chron. (Laud. MS.) Ealle þa men on Englalande him to abugon. c1175Lamb. Hom. 227 Þe nefer ne abeah to nane deofel ȝyld. 1250Layamon 4049 Þat mak[ede a]lle þe oþer mid strengþ ȝam a-bouwe. 1297R. Glouc. 193 Þe noble steede, þat al þe world abueþ to. Ibid. 302 So þat noþer of þys kynges abouynde to oþer nere. c1380Sir Ferumbras 2070 Wel corteysly þanne aboȝede she. Ibid. 3390 Ac Roland þanne til hym a-bowȝ.
2. trans. To cause to bend; to bend or incline (a thing); also refl. See abeye (? whence abuyde).
c1175Lamb. Hom. 45 Sancte paul..abeh him redliche to his lauerdes fet. 1297R. Glouc. 476 An other him smot tho, That he abuyde is face adown, vort ther com mo. c1430Hymns to Virgin 59 (1867) 97 Woldist þou god knowe..And to him meekeli þee abowe, Þan schal neuere myscheef in þee falle. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. cxxiii. 103 Yf the englysshmen had not abowed doune hir hedes..vnto the danoys they shold haue ben bete.
▪ II. abow, abowyn
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