Participles
| Present | beġietende |
| Past | beġeten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | beġiete |
| 2nd sing. | beġietst |
| 3rd sing. | beġiett; beġiet |
| 1st plur. | beġietaþ |
| 2nd plur. | beġietaþ |
| 3rd plur. | beġietaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | beġeat |
| 2nd sing. | beġēate |
| 3rd sing. | beġeat |
| 1st plur. | beġēaton |
| 2nd plur. | beġēaton |
| 3rd plur. | beġēaton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | beġiete |
| 2nd sing. | beġiete |
| 3rd sing. | beġiete |
| 1st plur. | beġieten |
| 2nd plur. | beġieten |
| 3rd plur. | beġieten |
Past
| 1st sing. | beġēate |
| 2nd sing. | beġēate |
| 3rd sing. | beġēate |
| 1st plur. | beġēaten |
| 2nd plur. | beġēaten |
| 3rd plur. | beġēaten |
Imperative
| Singular | beġiet |
| Plural | beġietaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'begietan'
begietan,
Verbs similar to 'begietan'
begieman,
begretan,
begeotan,
begielpan,
beginnan,
begrætan,
beliefan,
bemetan,
besittan,
bewitan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bigetaną, equivalent to be- + ġietan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*bigetaną'.
Sample Sentences
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"Ġif þū wulf wille," cwæþ hē, "beġiet þū hund." ("If you want a wolf," he said, "get a dog.")
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of All Saints"
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Eadige beoð þa mildheortan, forðan þe hí begytað mildheortnysse." ("Blessed are the merciful, for they shall get mercy.")
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
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Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan. (Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.)
Cognates
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