Obs. Forms: 3– bygynne, 4 bigin, bigyn, biginn(e, begyn, begin. [f. BE- + GIN, a trap.] trans. To entrap, ensnare.

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c. 1250.  O. E. Misc., 79. Ure wyþerwine Þat þencheþ vs to bi-gynne.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 3880. Allas for sinn, qua wend he wald þus me biginn.

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