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  • intransitive verb obsolete To begin. See gin.

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  • noun English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)

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Examples

  • 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

  • ¶ 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

  • 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

  • And me most be-gynne w {i} t {h} the lift side, other of the more figure,

    The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902

  • Ecg-þēowes under gynne grund _ (would have found his death_, etc.), 1551. sīe, sȳ.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • 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

  • Ecg-þeówes under gynne grund _ (would have found his death_, etc.), 1551. sîe, sý.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • 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

  • Reu {er} ence thy felawe, gynne with {e} hym no stryf;

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Reu {er} ence thy felawe, gynne with {e} hym no stryf;

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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