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bégan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
bégan, he bégþ; p. de; pp. ed.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §136; §320; §530; §643;
to bow, bend, turn; flectere , inflectere, deprimere
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  • Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh of dúne to ðære eorþan, swelce ðú bégan mǽge

    though thou pull any bough down to the earth, such as thou mayest bend

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 23.

  • Se Ælmihtiga bégþ ðider he wile mid his ánwealde

    the Almighty bends them whither he will by his power

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 6
      • ;
    • Met. 13, 3 : Cd. 221
      • ;
    • Th. 288, 15
      • ;
    • Sat. 381 : Bd. 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 580, 10
      • .
to bow to, to settle; inflectere, insistere
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  • Ðara bearn swylce bégaþ æðelum settum beámum, samed anlíce, standan on staðule stíðe wið geóguþe

    quorum filii sicut novellæ plantationes stabilitæ a juventute sua

    • Ps. Th. 143, 14.
Similar entries
v. býgan
Derived forms
a-bégan, for-, ge-, ofge-
Linked entries
v.  a-bégan bígan bégean.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bégan.” 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/3415.

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