bégan
- verb [ weak ]
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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