"beginnan" meaning in Old English

See beginnan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /beˈjin.nɑn/
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, derived from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną; equivalent to be- + *ginnan. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*biginnan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, {{inh+|ang|gmw-pro|*biginnan}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*ginnaną}} Proto-Germanic *ginnaną, {{af|ang|be-|*ginnan}} be- + *ginnan Head templates: {{ang-verb|beġinnan}} beġinnan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|beġinnan<s3>}} Forms: beġinnan [canonical], strong [table-tags], beġinnan [infinitive], beġinnenne [infinitive], beġinne [first-person, present, singular], begann [first-person, past, singular], beġinst [present, second-person, singular], begunne [past, second-person, singular], beġinþ [present, singular, third-person], begann [past, singular, third-person], beġinnaþ [plural, present], begunnon [past, plural], beġinne [present, singular], begunne [past, singular], beġinnen [plural, present], begunnen [past, plural], beġinn [imperative, past, present, singular], beġinnaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], beġinnende [imperative, present], begunnen [imperative, past]
  1. to begin Related terms: āginnan, anginnan, onginnan, underginnan

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "beginnen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: beginnen, begynne, bigynne\nEnglish: begin\nScots: begin\nYola: begaan (preterite)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: beginnen, begynne, bigynne\nEnglish: begin\nScots: begin\nYola: begaan (preterite)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*biginnan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *biginnan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*biginnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ginnaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ginnaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "be-",
        "3": "*ginnan"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + *ginnan",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, derived from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną; equivalent to be- + *ginnan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beġinnan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begann",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begann",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunnon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beġinnan"
      },
      "expansion": "beġinnan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beġinnan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with be-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin"
      ],
      "id": "en-beginnan-ang-verb-DLs6TMLQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "āginnan"
        },
        {
          "word": "anginnan"
        },
        {
          "word": "onginnan"
        },
        {
          "word": "underginnan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beˈjin.nɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beginnan"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "beginnen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: beginnen, begynne, bigynne\nEnglish: begin\nScots: begin\nYola: begaan (preterite)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: beginnen, begynne, bigynne\nEnglish: begin\nScots: begin\nYola: begaan (preterite)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*biginnan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *biginnan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*biginnan"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ginnaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ginnaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "be-",
        "3": "*ginnan"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + *ginnan",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, derived from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną; equivalent to be- + *ginnan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beġinnan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begann",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begann",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunnon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beġinnende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "begunnen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beġinnan"
      },
      "expansion": "beġinnan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beġinnan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "āginnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "anginnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "onginnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "underginnan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 3 strong verbs",
        "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",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/beˈjin.nɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beginnan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for beginnan meaning in Old English (4.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.