onginnan

onginnan

1. genitive singular of onginta

From Proto-Germanic *andaginnaną, equivalent to on- +‎ *ginnan (found exclusively with prefixes; see Proto-Germanic *biginnaną). Cognate with Old Saxon andginnan, Dutch ontginnen.

• IPA^(key): /onˈjin.nɑn/

onġinnan

1. to begin, start
   • "The Wife's Lament"

     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.

2. to attempt, try

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• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “on-ginnan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.