English

Verb

began

1. simple past tense of begin
2. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of begin

Derived terms

• beganst

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Anagrams

• benga

Old English

Verb

begān

1. to bego, go over, traverse; get to, come by, fall into
2. to go to, visit, care for, cultivate, affect

   Se ðe æcer begǽþ. — He who cultivates land (acre) … a farmer

3. to occupy, inhabit, dwell, surround, besiege, overrun

   Hí ðone búr útan beeódon. — They surrounded the dwelling outside.

4. to practise, do, engage in, perform, commit, exercise, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess; pledge, devote, train oneself

   He begǽþ unmǽtas — He commits gluttonies. (Deut. 21, 20)

   Begá ðé sylfne to árfæstnysse — Train thyself to godliness. (1 Tim. 4, 7)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• forebegān
• misbegān
• unbegān

Descendants

• English: bego

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", begān
• 2010, J. Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), begān