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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unbegun en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- + begun.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That had no beginning; always existent.
    • Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun. 1851, Herman Melville, “The Candles”, in Moby-Dick:
  2. (not-comparable) Which has not yet been begun; unstarted.

Synonyms

unstarted (which has not yet been begun) · uncommenced (which has not yet been begun)

Translations (2)

is óhafinn (which has not yet been begun; unstarted) · enm unbegunne (which has not yet been begun; unstarted)