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- verb Archaic spelling of
beg .
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Examples
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Their women ware prety wealtes of leather, euery one a greate manye whiche (as it is sayde) they begge of suche menne as haue lien with them.
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To begge of any, his nature denied it, and to borrow he could not, because his neighbours were all as needie as himselfe.
The Decameron 2004
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And they go with a great pot made of wood or fine earth, and couered, tied with a broad girdle vpon their shoulder, which cometh vnder their arme, wherewith they go to begge their victuals which they eate, which is rice, fish, and herbs.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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An old chronicler states that one of the King's courtiers, having observed that the building was too large for the purposes of its construction, Rufus replied, "This halle is not begge enough by one half, and is but a bedchamber in comparison of that I mind to make."
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Sir _Anthony Rouse_ with some reward for that he had spent much and was an ill beggar: the king aunswered (noting his insolencie,) If he be ashamed to begge, we are ashamed to giue, and was neuerthelesse one of the most liberall Princes of the world.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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This to auoide, I will neither begge ayde nor authoritie from strangers, but reuerence them as worthies and fathers of their owne Countries.
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Copley, in which he declares that 'I am forced to begge, if you could possible, eyther to helpe me with tenne pownds to this bearer, or to make vse of the coache and to goe to Mr. Clerke, and if he could this daye helpe me to fifty pownds then to paye yourself the five pownds I owe you out of them.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Halvdan, der slår sin broder Frode eller begge sine brödre ihjel for at vinde herredömmet alene.
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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Da brydes fra begge sider ædlingernes edspagt; i Ingeld koger dödshadet, men kærligheden til hans viv kölnes efter den harm.
The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The Scandinavian Countries Oscar Ludvig Olson
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Der fokuseres uden dybdegående forståelse og analyse på Israels situation, om dette skyldes manglende viden og overfladiskhed, eller "bare" generel solidarisk uvilje der tages forgivet når humanisme skal være hip og in er mig uforståelig - men igen i begge tilfælde må det skyldes overfladiskhed og forudindtaget fordomme.
Blogbot - forsiden 2010
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