(a) To come into existence, be created; ~ to ben; become; come about, happen, occur; (b) to spring (from) or originate (in sth.); -- with of, at, bi, in, with phrase.

To bring (sth.) into existence; of God: create; introduce (a practice); found (an art, an institution, a city).

(a) Of an agent: to initiate an action, start; start to speak; -- also with at, of, on, upon phrase; (b) of an act, event, or state: to start occurring, begin; (c) of a period of time: to begin; -- also with at, in phrase; (d) of a series, an area, an object: to have as a beginning or first part, begin; -- also with at, bi, from, with phrase.

(a) To start (to happen, or to do sth.), begin; -- occas. without to before the infin.; (b) to start (an action, a story, a period of time, etc.); (c) ~ the bord (deis, table), etc., to start the row of guests at table, i.e. sit in the place of honor at the right of the host.

(a) To undertake (an action, a task); perform; make (a complaint), do (good, evil), put (a question); (b) to undertake or strive (to do sth.); -- occas. without to before the infin.; (c) to take action; ~ ayen, do again, repeat; -- also with on phrase.

Emphasizing the occurrence of an event or act denoted by the following infin.: e.g. beginneth springe, does leap, began to calle, did call. [Cp. the frequent use of ginnen, gan with this function.]