began

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈɡæn/ (General American, US) IPA(key): /bɪˈɡæn/ Rhymes: -æn Hyphenation: be‧gan === Verb === began simple past of begin (obsolete or colloquial) past participle of begin ==== Derived terms ==== beganst === Anagrams === Bange, abeng, benga == Middle Dutch == === Verb === began first/third-person singular past indicative of beginnen == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === begane (Mooring) bigen (Sylt) === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *biginnan. === Pronunciation === (Föhr-Amrum) IPA(key): [bəˈɡan] === Verb === began (Föhr-Amrum) to begin, start ==== Conjugation ==== == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bigān. Equivalent to be- +‎ gān. Cognate with Old High German bigān. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈɡɑːn/ === Verb === begān to bego, go over, traverse; get to, come by, fall into to go to, visit, care for, cultivate, affect Se ðe æcer begǽþ. ― He who cultivates land (acre) … a farmer (Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 44.) to occupy, inhabit, dwell, surround, besiege, overrun Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, quoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus" Hí ðone búr útan beeódon. ― They surrounded the dwelling outside. (Chr. 755; Th. 83, 26, col. 1) 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 ==== Middle English: bigon, begon English: bego === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “begān”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “begān”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English beg + -an. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛɡan/ === Verb === began (first-person singular present begaf) alternative form of begio (“to beg”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “began”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies