* IPA(key): /bɪˈɡæn/ * Rhymes: -æn * Hyphenation: be‧gan

BEGAN * simple past tense of _begin_ DERIVED TERMS * beganst

* benga

From _be-_ +‎ _gān_.

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 * to occupy, inhabit, dwell, surround, besiege, overrun Hí ðone búr útan BEEÓDON. — They surrounded the dwelling outside. * 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