Budge, (O. Edd. bouge, boudge) to stir: “they cannot b. till your release,” Tp. V, 11. “sit you down, you shall not b.” Hml. III, 4, 18.
Mostly == to give way, to flinch, to flee: “my conscience says: Launcelot, b. not. B., says the fiend. B. not, says my conscience,” Merch. II, 2, 20. “I'll not b. an inch,” Shr. Ind. 1, 14. “afoot he will not b. a foot,” H4A II, 4, 388. H6A I, 3, 38. “hence we will not b.” H6C V, 4, 66. “they did b. from rascals worse than they,” Cor. I, 6, 44. “I will not b. for no man's pleasure,” Rom. III, 1, 58. “must I b.? must I observe you?” Caes. IV, 3, 44 (i. e. must your caprices make me quail?)
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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