Mōtung:Oxnaford Englisc Wordbōc
Latest comment: 11 years ago by PiRSquared17 in topic About 142.151.163.108's change "ongan" to "begann" because "begann" "is bastard new English"
About 142.151.163.108's change "ongan" to "begann" because "begann" "is bastard new English"
adihtanNo it's not a "bastard word". It is one of the historically English elements that survived in New English from Old English. They ("begann" and "ongan") are "true" Old English words - not borrowings (though the g's are a borrowing from Latin; so are the a's, the b, the o and the n's, actually). Ƿes hāl! 04:45, 7 Gēolmōnaþ 2010 (UTC)
- The verb "beginnan" is a real Old English word, but it was rarer than the verb onginnan. PiRSquared17 (talk) 19:41, 23 Se Æfterra Gēola 2013 (UTC)