bego

See also: bėgo and begö

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English begon, from Old English begān (“to go over, traverse, get to, come by, fall into, go to, visit, care for, cultivate, inhabit, occupy, surround, beset, overrun, practice, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess”), from Proto-Germanic *bi + *gāną, corresponding to be- +‎ go. Cognate with Dutch begaan, German begehen, Danish begå.

Verb

bego (third-person singular simple present begoes, present participle begoing, simple past bewent, past participle begone)

1. (archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     Thy prysemen ar sore begone and put undir, for they ar oversette with Sarazens mo than fyve hondred.

   • 1892, Albany Law Journal, volumes 44-45, page 166:

     False love, I bego, I bego. Ere something still worse come down.

2. (obsolete) To clothe, dress.
3. (obsolete except in set phrases) To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.

   He was woe begone.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from begone, originally an imperative but now an interjection, construed as a past participle.

Verb

bego (third-person singular simple present begoes, present participle begoing, simple past bewent, past participle begone)

1. (rare, humoristic or faux-archaic) To go away, to disappear.
   • 1902, Carolyn Wells, Abeniki Caldwell, page 178:

     He bewent speedily, and as he vanished I heard him again calling, " Not she, not she ! Ha, ha ! "

   • 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “A Vision of Climate”, in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 5, page 199:

     “Begone!” I shouted. They bewent, asmirking, / And I, awakening, fell straight aworking.

Noun

bego (plural begoes)

1. That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.
   • 2011, Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas:

     “As I was passing by a vineyard on the Earth where some of mankind were taking their lunch, I heard them complaining and grumbling about these things they called 'ants'. Oh the woes and begoes of mankind,” smiled the good lord.

Related terms

• bewend

Anagrams

• Egbo, Gebo

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɡo/ [be.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Hyphenation: be‧go

Verb

bego

1. Third-person singular (hura) present imperative form of egon (“to be”).

   Synonym: dagoela

Indonesian

Adjective

bego

1. (informal, vulgar) moron, fool

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ɡo/, /ˈbe.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡo, -eɡo
• Hyphenation: bè‧go, bé‧go

Verb

bego

1. first-person singular present indicative of begare

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, compare Malay baru.

Adjective

bego

1. new