bigon

Affrican hire feader wundrede him swiðe. ⁊ bigon to swerien. bi þe ilke godes þ̵ me is lað to gremien. beo hit soð þ̵ tu seiist {;} to wraðer heale. ha sehð hit. ant ich wulle o great grome al biteachen hire þe. ⁊ tu do hire. al þ̵ tu  {65} wult.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Þa Maxence iherde þis {;} þ̵ he wes of him siker. ant of his cume karles. warð king of þat lond þ̵ lei into rome. as duden meast  {10} alle þe oðere of þe world. bigon anan as wedwulf to weorrin hali chirche. ant dreie {n} cristene men þe lut þ̵ ter weren alle to heðenedom heðene as he wes.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Ah heo as þeo þ̵ te hehe heouenliche lau {er} d hefde his luue ile {n} et. leafde  {15} hire ealdrene lahen ⁊ bigon to luuien þen áá liuiende goð þe lufsume lau {er} d. þ̵ schupte alle sche ` a´ftes ⁊ wealdeð ⁊ wisseð efter þet his wil is. al þ̵ ischeapen iS.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

He bigon to deluen {;}   dic swiðe muchele. þer {} uppe stenene wal {;}   þe wes strong oueral. ane burh he arerde {;}   muchele ⁊ mare.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Me nom hire ⁊ dude swa þ̵ hit ȝeat adun of þe ȝerden. ant heo bigon to ȝeien.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Þa þe hehe reue iherde þis ondswere {;} bigon to wreðen swiðe. ⁊ cleopede hire  {60} feder {} forð. ⁊ feng on to tellen. hwuch word ha sende him.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

In the other .3. before we begynne all {e} way fro the right side and fro the lasse nombre, In this spice and in all {e} other folowyng we wolle begynne fro the lift side, ffor and me bigon th {e} double fro the first, omwhile me myght double oo thynge twyes.

The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902

After an idea from bigon on #launchpad today I threw together a tool using the rmadison, but for PPAs.

Planet Ubuntu 2009

⁊ bigon to luuien þene liuiende lauerd þe lufsum godd. þ̵ wisseð ant weldeð al þ̵ is on worlde {;} ⁊ al þ̵ iwraht is.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  {90} ⁊ he het hatterliche strupen hire steortnaket. ⁊ beten hire swa luðere þ̵ hire leofliche lich {;} liðeri al oblode. ⁊ swa ha duden so luðere þ̵ te blod ȝet adun of þe ȝerden. ⁊ heo bigon to ȝeien.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall