Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | begā |
| 2nd sing. | begǣst |
| 3rd sing. | begǣþ |
| 1st plur. | begāþ |
| 2nd plur. | begāþ |
| 3rd plur. | begāþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | beēode |
| 2nd sing. | beēodest |
| 3rd sing. | beēode |
| 1st plur. | beēodon |
| 2nd plur. | beēodon |
| 3rd plur. | beēodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | begā |
| 2nd sing. | begā |
| 3rd sing. | begā |
| 1st plur. | begān |
| 2nd plur. | begān |
| 3rd plur. | begān |
Past
| 1st sing. | beēode |
| 2nd sing. | beēode |
| 3rd sing. | beēode |
| 1st plur. | beēoden |
| 2nd plur. | beēoden |
| 3rd plur. | beēoden |
Verbs conjugated like 'began'
ymbgan,
undergan,
þurhgan,
ofergan,
began,
ingan,
ofgan,
upgan,
forgan,
foregan,
forþgan,
wiþgan,
Verbs similar to 'began'
belgan,
beran,
betan,
biegan,
bigan,
bugan,
bygan,
cegan,
fegan,
gegan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bigān. Equivalent to be- + gān. Cognate with Old High German bigān.
Sample Sentences
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c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA8De Anno (On the Year)] (Now, you might understand that the person who goes around a single house has a smaller circuit than the one who goes around the whole city.)
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Se ðe æcer begǽþ. ― He who cultivates land (acre) … a farmer (Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 44.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, quoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"
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Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde. (The wailing of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard me.)
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Hí ðone búr útan beeódon. (They surrounded the dwelling outside. (Chr. 755; Th. 83, 26, col. 1))
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He begǽþ unmǽtas ― He commits gluttonies. (Deut. 21, 20)
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Begá ðé sylfne to árfæstnysse (Train thyself to godliness. (1 Tim. 4, 7))
Cognates
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