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on-gin

  • noun [ neuter ]
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on-gin, on-ginn, es; n.
a beginning
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  • Ðæs weges ongin, ðe tó Criste lǽt, ne meg beón begunnen on fruman bútan sumre ancsumnysse,

      R. Ben. 5, 16.

  • Næs his frymþ ǽfre, eádes ongyn,

      Exon. Th. 240, 13; Ph. 638.

  • His ríces ongin (

    original condition

    ) nǽfre gewonaþ,
      Blickl. Homl. 9, 16.
an attempt, undertaking, enterprise
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  • Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan ðæt ðú forhycge hláford úrne

    it is a great undertaking for the like of thee to despise our lord,

      Exon. Th. 250, 15; Jul. 127.

  • Gif ðú gewítest ána from éþele, nis ðæt onginn wiht,

      119, 2; Gú. 248.

  • Ongin,

      123, 22; Gú. 326.

  • Be ðam onginne ðe hé ongan, ðæt wésten swá ána eardigan,

      Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 7.

  • Ðú miht æt Gode ábiddan ðæt ðú wilt wið ðæs drýg onginne,

      Blickl. Homl. 187, 19.

  • Onginnum

    incoeptis,

      Hpt. Gl. 515, 15.
action, proceeding
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  • Gesticulatio angin

    jocus ł actus,

      473, 61.

  • Wrætlíc þúhte stánes ongin (

    the stone spoke

    ),
      Andr. Kmbl. 1482; An. 742.

  • Yða ongin

    the violent action of the waves,

      931; An. 466.
action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours
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  • Ðǽr wæs wuldres wynn, wígendra þrym, æðelíc onginn, næs ðǽr ǽnigum gewinn,

      1775; An. 890.
  • Ðæt se ǽresta dǽl his onginnes and líles wǽre tó geleáfan gecyrred. Blickl. Homl. 211, 30.
  • Drihtne úres anginnes nán þing dígle ne biþ. . . 'Beforan ðé is eall mín gewilnung,' R. Ben. 25, 9.
Etymology
[O. Sax. ana-, an-gin: O. H. Ger. ana-gin, -ginni.]
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v. an-gin.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-gin.” 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/24584.

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