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"name": "desctree"
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, derived from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną; equivalent to be- + *ginnan.",
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"form": "beġinnan",
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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]
},
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"form": "begann",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "begunne",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "begann",
"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
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"form": "begunnon",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "begunnen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "beġinn",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "beġinnaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
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},
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"form": "beġinnende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"lang": "Old English",
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"pos": "verb",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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"english": "Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nHē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.",
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],
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"word": "āginnan"
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"word": "underginnan"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/beˈjin.nɑn/"
}
],
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"name": "desctree"
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, derived from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną; equivalent to be- + *ginnan.",
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"form": "beġinnan",
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]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "beġinnan",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "beġinnenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "begann",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "beġinst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "begunne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "begann",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "beġinnaþ",
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},
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"form": "begunnon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
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"form": "beġinne",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "begunne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "beġinnen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "begunnen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "beġinn",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "beġinnaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
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"form": "beġinnende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
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"form": "begunnen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "āginnan"
},
{
"word": "anginnan"
},
{
"word": "onginnan"
},
{
"word": "underginnan"
}
],
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms prefixed with be-",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nHē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.",
"type": "quotation"
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"to begin"
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/beˈjin.nɑn/"
}
],
"word": "beginnan"
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