commencement, n.
1. (TEMPOREL) angin(n)/ongin(n)/angyn/ongyn/ongien, v.h.a. anagin {nt. a}, v.s. angin ♦ (e)aldordōm/ealdurdōm/alderdōm (m. a) ♦ fruma (m. an) ♦ frumtīd (f. i) ♦ frymþ/frumþ (m. et f.) ♦ (ge)nēa(h)lǣcung/(ge)nēalǣcing (f. ō) ♦ hēafod/hēaf(e)d/hǣf(e)d/hafud > a.m. head, got. haubiþ, v.n. hǫfuð, v.h.a. houbit > all.m. Haupt {nt. a}, v.s. hōƀid, v.fr. hā(fe)d (nt. a) ♦ hēafodhebba (m. an) ♦ ingang/ingong (m. a), v.n. innganga (f.), v.h.a. ingang (m. a et i) > all.m. Eingang, v.fr. ingong/ingung ♦ ordfruma (m. an), v.h.a. ortfrumo, v.s. ordfrumo. commencement du monde frymþ ←. commencement du temps fruma (m. an). au commencement de on foreweardum ♦ onforan.
sans commencement unāgunnen ♦ unbegunnen ♦ unongunnen (DIEU) unācenned ♦ unbegunnen ♦ unongunnen.
2. (SPATIAL) foreweardnes (f. jō) > a.m. forwardness.
3. (rudiments) (ge)nīwung (f. ō).