Literary notes about bego (AI summary)
The term "bego" appears with varied functions throughout literary works, serving both as a proper name for notable figures and as an allusion to beginnings or actions imbued with cultural significance. In historical and chivalric narratives, characters such as Duke Bego, Captain Bego, and Bego of Belin are portrayed as memorable individuals whose lives are interwoven with valor, feudal relationships, and heroic quests [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. At the same time, the word assumes an archaic, almost ritualistic quality when used to indicate the commencement of solemn ceremonies or actions, as seen in a reference to a wedding being "bego[=n]e with god" [6]. Additionally, its occurrence in diverse linguistic settings—whether as a proper name linked to geographical landmarks or even in verb forms relating to actions like sprinkling [7]—highlights its multifaceted presence within literary traditions.
- Bego of Belin was his dearest friend, and to him he had given all Gascony in fief.
— from Hero Tales by James Baldwin - Well he knew Duke Bego, by a scar that he himself had given him at the battle of St. Quentin ten years before.
— from Hero Tales by James Baldwin - You would have far to go to find the peer of the valiant Bego.
— from Hero Tales by James Baldwin - Bego's ship, the Esperanza , remained at anchor off the cove.
— from The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty by Robert Shaler - The body of the noble Duke Bego was brought, and laid upon a table in the great hall.
— from Hero Tales by James Baldwin - Likewise the wedding (& cohabitaciō of the parties) ought to be bego[=n]e with god, & with the ernest prayer of the whole church or congregaciō....
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard - begie´ßen (begoß, begossen) , to sprinkle.
— from Aus meinem Königreich: Tales from the Carpathian Mountains by Carmen Sylva
