begge

English

Verb

begge

1. Archaic spelling of beg.
   • c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 348, column 2:

     And I will boot thee with what guift beſide / Thy modeſtie can begge.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse beggja, from Proto-Germanic *bajjǫ̂, the genitive form of Proto-Germanic *bai (“both”). In Old Norse the other cases have been replaced by the enlargened stem báðir (cf. Danish både).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ɛɡ̊ə]
• Homophone: bække

Pronoun

begge

1. both (each of two; one and the other)

Middle English

Verb

begge

1. Alternative form of beggen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse beggja.

Determiner

begge

1. both

References

• “begge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse beggja, genitive of báðir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɛʝːə/, /²bɛɡːə/

Determiner

begge

1. Alternative form of båe

References

• “begge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.