oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman
fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð
Bēowulfes
snyttrum styrian, 872; þā
þæt sweord ongan .
Beowulf
, _rich in jewels_: acc.
sg.
gimme-rīce hord-burh hæleða,
466.
gin (according to Bout.
, ginne), adj.
, properly _gaping_, hence, _wide,
extended_: acc.
sg.
gynne grund (_the bottom of the sea_), 1552.
gin-fæst, adj.
, _extensive, rich_: acc.
sg.
gim-fæste gife (gim-, on
account of the following _f_), 1272; in weak form, gin-fæstan gife, 2183.
ginnan, st.
v.
, original meaning, _to be open, ready_; in
on-ginnan, _to begin, to undertake_: pret.
oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman
fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð
Bēowulfes
snyttrum styrian, 872; þā
þæt sweord ongan .
.
.
wanian, _the sword began to diminish_, 1606; Higelāc
ongan sīnne geseldan .
.
.
fægre fricgean, _began with propriety to question
his companion_, 1984, etc.
; ongon, 2791; pret.
pl.
nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman
ongunnon lindhæbbende, _no shield-bearing men e'er undertook more openly to
come hither_, 244; pret.
part.
hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe,
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.
gist.
See gæst.
gistran, adv.
, _yesterday_: gystran niht, _yesterday night_, 1335.
