Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-ginnan

Part of speech: ic -ginne, ðú -ginnest, -ginst, he -ginneþ, -gineþ, -ginþ, Related words: a.

Definitions

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1 be-ginnan

pl. -ginnaþ, -ginaþ ; p. -gan, pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen; [be, ginnan, q. v.] To BEGIN; incipere :-- Nóe ðá began to wircenne ðæt land Noe tunc cæpit exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20 : 18, 27 : Hy. 10, 36; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 36.

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚷᛁᚾᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)

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