Modern English → Old English
Old English word for begin
5 headwords match “begin”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beginnan ranks first.
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begin — to begin
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beġinne first-person singular past indicative begann second-person singular present indicative beġinst second-person singular past indicative begunne third-person singular present indicative beġinþ third-person singular past indicative begann -
begin — the period of the early morning when roosters begin to crow; the wee hours of morning
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hancrēd genitive singular hancrēdes dative singular hancrēde accusative singular hancrēd nominative plural hancrēdas genitive plural hancrēda -
begin — to begin, undertake
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative anġinne first-person singular past indicative angann second-person singular present indicative anġinst second-person singular past indicative angunne third-person singular present indicative anġinþ third-person singular past indicative angann -
begin — to begin, start
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative onġinne first-person singular past indicative ongann second-person singular present indicative onġinst second-person singular past indicative ongunne third-person singular present indicative onġinþ third-person singular past indicative ongann -
begin — to begin
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative underġinne first-person singular past indicative undergann second-person singular present indicative underġinst second-person singular past indicative undergunne third-person singular present indicative underġinþ third-person singular past indicative undergann
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “begin” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “begin”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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