Did "begged" used to have a different meaning?

I was reading the Wikipedia article about Bella Venezia

A witch begged every day from the inn, and Bella Venezia promised her half her fortune if she could put an end to the daughter.

It would seem in this context "begged" would mean "take lodge" but after searching on the internet I couldn't confirm this. What does it mean? It doesn't make sense for it to mean "pleaded with". Is it just a typo in the wikipedia article?

Solution 1:

It means begged as in ask for charity. The original English (from Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales, translated from the Italian by George Martin) was:

Every day an old woman would come to the inn asking for alms, and this old woman was a witch.

The preposition in begged from the inn might be better rendered as begged at the inn, although you'd have to look at the original Italian to be sure. But begged is clearly the correct verb.

Solution 2:

I think it just means the witch came for food or money every day. Likely leftover food from the inn.

beg [VERB]
1.1 [WITH OBJECT] Acquire (food or money) from someone by begging:
"a piece of bread which I begged from a farmer" (ODO)

EDIT: Regarding the quirky preposition, it is likely either a personification of the business inn rather than the building (Thank you AndyT).

Of course the witch doesn't beg from the building, but from a person working there. But to avoid defining that she always begs from the cook or the inn keeper - which isn't important for her as long as someone from the business inn gives her food.

As Peter Shor points out in the comments, it is possibly a translated text, so the preposition could stem from a wobbly translation from Italian as well.