A-began

According to the Old English Dictionary:

a-began

p. de; pp. ed; incurvare, redigere, subigere :-- Weorþe heora bæc swylce abéged eác dorsum illorum semper incurva, Ps. Th. 68, 24: Chr. 1073; Erl. 212, 1: 1087; Th. 356, 10. v. bégan. a-began

Related words: trans. To bend, bend down, bow, reduce, subdue;