onginnan

== Finnish == === Noun === onginnan genitive singular of onginta == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *andaginnaną, equivalent to on- +‎ *ginnan, found only with prefixes, from Proto-West Germanic simplex verb *ginnan, from Proto-Germanic *ginnaną (“to make an opening, begin”). Cognate with Old Saxon andginnan, Dutch ontginnen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /onˈjin.nɑn/ === Verb === onġinnan to begin, start "The Wife's Lament" late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans to attempt, try ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “on-ginnan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.