béegan
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wegen, from Old High German wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan (“to move, carry; to weigh”). Cognate with German wiegen (expected form *wegen retained in derived verbs such as bewegen), English weigh.
Verb edit
béegan (strong class 3 , past participle gabéeghet)
- (Sette Comuni) to weigh
- De zünte anlòan khèmment net gabéeghet.
- Only sins are not weighed.
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Further reading edit
- “béegan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo