begge
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
begge
- Archaic spelling of beg.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 348, column 2:
- And I will boot thee with what guift beſide / Thy modeſtie can begge.
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse beggja, from Proto-Germanic *bajjǫ̂, the genitive form of Proto-Germanic *bai (“both”). In Old Norse the other cases have been replaced by the enlargened stem báðir (cf. Danish både).
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
begge
- both (each of two; one and the other)
Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
begge
- Alternative form of beggen
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Determiner[edit]
begge
References[edit]
- “begge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse beggja, genitive of báðir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
begge
- Alternative form of båe
References[edit]
- “begge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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