Be-gínan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-gínan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 be-gínan

p. -gán, pl. -ginon ; pp. -ginen To open the mouth wide, gape, yawn? oscitare in aliquem? - Ic begíne I yawn, Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 19; Rä. 87, 3. be-ginan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚷᛁᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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