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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1599
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Beginning, Begynnyng, n. Also: beginning, begynning, -yn(e, begyning, -yng(e. [ME. beginning, -yng, begynnyng(e, etc., early ME. be-, biginnung.] Beginning, commencement, origin.1375 Barb. v. 121.
Richt in the first begynnyng a1400 Legends of the Saints xii. 5.
Of quhais begynnyne here wil I tel … the story c1420 Wynt. i. 296.
Fra the warldys begynnyng c1420 Ib. iv. 38.
The fyrst begynnyng off the yhere 1456 Hay I. 33/25.
The thingis that I spak of in the begynnyng 1490 Irland Mir. I. 26/35.
Eternale without begynnyn ore ending 1513 Doug. ii. iii. 36.
From the begynnyng of thir mortale weris 15.. Clariodus iv. 1271.
He set him at the begyning of the tabill a1578 Pitsc. I. 24/25.
Ane ȝoung man of singular guid appeirance in the begining 1596 Dalr. I. 161 marg.
In the beginning of his regne
