Participles
| Present | onġinnende |
| Past | ongunnen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | onġinne |
| 2nd sing. | onġinst |
| 3rd sing. | onġinþ |
| 1st plur. | onġinnaþ |
| 2nd plur. | onġinnaþ |
| 3rd plur. | onġinnaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ongann |
| 2nd sing. | ongunne |
| 3rd sing. | ongann |
| 1st plur. | ongunnon |
| 2nd plur. | ongunnon |
| 3rd plur. | ongunnon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | onġinne |
| 2nd sing. | onġinne |
| 3rd sing. | onġinne |
| 1st plur. | onġinnen |
| 2nd plur. | onġinnen |
| 3rd plur. | onġinnen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ongunne |
| 2nd sing. | ongunne |
| 3rd sing. | ongunne |
| 1st plur. | ongunnen |
| 2nd plur. | ongunnen |
| 3rd plur. | ongunnen |
Imperative
| Singular | onġinn |
| Plural | onġinnaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'onginnan'
onginnan,
Verbs similar to 'onginnan'
beginnan,
onbindan,
onfindan,
ongietan,
onirnan,
blinnan,
gerinnan,
gewinnan,
ginan,
ginian,
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. See: Proto-Germanic '
*ginnaną', Old Saxon '
andginnan', Dutch '
ontginnen'.
Verbs referencing "onginnan"
English
begin, Dutch
ontginnen, Old Saxon
andginnan.
Sample Sentences
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"The Wife's Lament"
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Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc. (The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.)
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Ne wēne iċ, cwæð Orosius, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal. (I don't think, said Orosius, since I have long stories to tell, I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one.)
Cognates
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