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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BEGOOD, BEGOUD, Begouth, Begoot, pa.t. of begin, also used as pa.p. The verb freq. takes the auxiliary be instead of have with pa. p. Gen.Sc. for Eng. began. [bɪ′gud Sc.; also bɪ′guθ, but the latter is rare or arch.; bɪ′gut Sh. + bɪ′gud]Sc. 1718 Ramsay Chr. Kirke in Poems (1721) iii. i.:
Carles wha heard the Cock had craw'n, Begoud to rax and rift.Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 14:
They begoot tae tear the gear oot o' the hooses like mad.Cai.(D) 1909 D. Houston 'E Silkie Man 3:
'E ebb hed begood t' mak.Abd. 1893 G. Macdonald Sc. Songs and Ballads 40:
Till the day begouth to daw.Ags. 1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy xxi.:
“Is that a' now?” whispered Corp. . . . “All!” cried Tommy. “Man, we've just begood.”m.Sc. 1994 John Burns in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 27:
A
saft rain begoud tae faa, the spots o rain makkin wee spoots o watter
jaup up as they landit on the still surface o the Pool,...Per. 1802 S. Kerr Sc. Poems, Songs, etc. 17:
My worthy friends did a' they cou'd To set me right, when they begoud.Fif. 1894 J. W. McLaren Tibbie and Tam 110:
The dinner was sune dune, and . . . the harmony, as thae ca'd it, begoud.Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 89:
A'm jist newly begoud.Slg.3 1933:
He begouth to get better.Hdg. 1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 68:
Whan she begoud to crack her creed I've seen our chafts maist like to screed.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid xviii.:
I had begood to my professional studies.Dmf. 1777 J. Mayne Siller Gun (1808) ii. iv.:
They wha had corns, or broken wind, Begood to pegh and limp behind.Uls.(D) 1879 W. G. Lyttle Readings by Robin 9:
I begood tae wunner in my ain mind if the lass wuz a Guid Templar.
Other forms:
1. Begude, beguid, begued; begade, by confusion with Gae, v. (Edb. 1901 J. W. McLaren Poems & Ballants 39). See P.L.D. § 35. [bɪ′gyd, bɪ′gød sn.Sc., m.Sc.]Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) iii.:
We wasna weel startit afore he begude wi' his nonsense.Slg. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 58:
When the sermon was ower, an' the people awoke, An' the gantin' an' hoastin' begued mang the folk.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 60:
Whan I had been fu' laith to rise, John than begude to moralize.Rxb.(D) 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes an Knowes 23:
The motor dreiver . . . beguid o kirneen an caain eis injin.
2. Begud. [bɪ′gʌd ne.Sc.]Mry. 1830 Sir T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (1873) 231:
We soon begud to grow braw an' hearty.Bnff. 1890 Trans. Bnffsh. Field Club (Dec.) 13:
We grew sae frichtit when we saw the Awen begud to rise.Abd. 1893 G. Macdonald Sc. Songs and Ballads 58:
And the flauchterin' snaw begud to fa'.
