An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/bändigen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2518612An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — bändigenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

bändigen, verb, ‘to restrain, tame,’ from bändig, ordinarily only in the compound unbändig; Middle High German bendec, ‘tightly bound, fettered,’ hence bändigen, ‘to put in fetters.’