Under-beginnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Under-beginnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: under-ginnan. under-beginnan

Definitions

1 under-beginnan

to attempt :-- Nú þincþ mé ðæt ðæt weorc is swíþe pleólíc mé oþþe ǽnigum men tó underbeginnenne, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 14.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾᛞᛖᚱ-ᛒᛖᚷᛁᚾᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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