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an-gin

  • noun [ neuter ]
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an-gin, -ginn, -gyn, on-gin, es; n.
A beginning, attempt, resolve, purpose, design, undertaking, opportunity; initium, principium, conatus, inceptum, cœptum, occasio
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  • Ǽlc angin

    every beginning,

    • Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 18
    • .
  • Ðis synd sára angin

    initium dolorum hæc,

    • Mk. Bos. 13, 8
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  • Se ána Scyppend næfþ nán anginn, ac he sylf is anginn ealra þinga

    the Creator alone hath not any beginning, but he is himself the beginning of all things,

    • Hexam. 13; Norm. 22, 3
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  • On anginne

    in principio,

    • 1; Norm. 2, 26
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  • Bútan anginne

    without beginning,

    • Exon. 9b; Th. 8, 1
    • ;
    • Cri. 111
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  • Synt ðæra sára anginnu

    sunt dolorum initia,

    • Mt. Bos. 24, 8
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  • Gif ðú ðæt angin fremest

    if thou perfect that attempt,

    • Cd. 27; Th. 36, 27
    • ;
    • Gen. 578
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  • Ðá geseah Iohannes sumne cniht swíðe glæd on móde and on anginne cáf

    there John saw a certain youth cheerful in mind and quick in design,

    • Ælfc. T. 33, 17
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  • Abreóðe his angin

    may his design perish,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 59
    • ;
    • By. 242
    • :
    • Cd. 178; Th. 223, 26
    • ;
    • Dan. 125
    • :
    • R. Ben. 69
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. angin initium
.]
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v.  an-gyn on-gin.
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