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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To begin. See
gin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)
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Examples
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Wii has to wate for appoyntemint wif guyna… gynne… doctor for wimmins.
“Nature abhors a vacuum, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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¶ And loke allgate þat þou be-gynne to worch in þis Craft of [* leaf 141a] Addi [*] cioɳ in þe ryȝt side, here is an ensampul of þis case.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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But when þ {o} u schall {e} write, þ {o} u schalt be-gynne to write at þe ryȝt side.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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And me most be-gynne w {i} t {h} the lift side, other of the more figure,
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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Ecg-þēowes under gynne grund _ (would have found his death_, etc.), 1551. sīe, sȳ.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Häfde þâ forsîðod sunu Ecgþeówes under gynne grund, Geáta cempa, nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe gefremede, here-net hearde, and hâlig god
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Ecg-þeówes under gynne grund _ (would have found his death_, etc.), 1551. sîe, sý.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Hæfde þā forsīðod sunu Ecgþēowes under gynne grund, Gēata cempa, nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe gefremede, here-net hearde, and hālig god
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Reu {er} ence thy felawe, gynne with {e} hym no stryf;
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Reu {er} ence thy felawe, gynne with {e} hym no stryf;
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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