unbegunnen
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]un- (“un-”) + begunnen (“begun”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unbegunnen
- without a beginning
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
- ...ac hī ealle þrȳ synden ān anġin and ān ælmihtiġ god æfre unbegunnen and ungeendod.
- ...but all three of them [i.e. the Trinity] are one beginning and one almighty God, ever without beginning and without ending.
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints