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Wright's OE grammar
§12; §563;
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exercise, labour, business
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  • On bigonge mínum

    in exercilatione mea,

      Ps. Spl. C. 54, 2.

  • Mið micle bigeong

    magno studio,

      Mt. p. 10, 13.

  • Bigongum

    exercitiis, i. laboribus, studiis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 61: 29, 58.

  • Hé hine onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum,

      Bl. H. 113, 30,
cultivation
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  • Fram ǽlce bi-gonge (cultura) þis land ligeð tólýsed,

      Gr. D. 258, 18.
religious practice
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  • Ðǽre godcundnesse begang (bigong, v.l.)

    diuinitatis cultus,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • Sch. 164, 10.

  • Bigeon[g] ðes

    cultus isle,

      Rtl. 24, 21.

  • Hé hine nýdde tó deófolgylde begonge,

      Shrn. 76, 6.

  • Tó úra goda bigange (begangum, v.l.)

    culturae deorum nostrorum,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • Sch. 164, 22.

  • Þæt hí heora eald begang (culturam) forléton and þæt níwe beeódon,

    • 5, 10
      • ;
    • Sch. 602, 9.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. pi-gang.
]
Similar entries
v. land-begang, bí-geng, and bi-gang in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-gang.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39757.

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