bego

Meaning

Verb

1. To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
2. (obsolete) To clothe, dress.
3. To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.

Noun

That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: begon

Inherited from Old English: begān

Cognate with Dutch: begaan

Cognate with German: begehen

Cognate with Danish: begå

In summary

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.