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to begin to do (
infin, or gerund)
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  • Marcus áginþ wrítan ꝥ godspell,

      Chr. 47 ; P. 7, 31.

  • Ágann Landfranc atýwian,

      1070; P. 206, 12.

  • Ágan se cyng tó smtágenne,

      1006; P. 137, 19.
to attempt
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  • Gif man beforan æðelinge gefeoht áginneð,

      Ll. Th. i. 332, 4.

  • Áginne hé hit georne

    let him diligently attempt it.

    ii.
      282, 2.
  • Mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan, i. 348, 24.

  • Ǽr þám þe hí habban bóte águnnnen,

      324, 13.
to act, proceed
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  • Ic wið eów stíðlícor áginne ðonne ic tale wið eów habban wylle

    I shall proceed too severely against you for me to be willing to have speech with you.

      Hml. S. 23, 183.

  • Þá anlícnessa hé gemacode þurh drýcræft þæt hý águnnon swylce hý cwice wǽron

    he made the images by magic to act as if they were alive

    ,
      Wlfst. 99, l.
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v. on-ginnan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-ginnan.” 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/38283.

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