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ge-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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ge-gán, p. -eóde, -ióde; pp. -gán.
to go, go or pass over, come to pass, happen; ire, præterire, evenire
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  • Heó mihte gegán ofer eall ðis eálond

    vellet totam perambulare insulam,

    • Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 2
      • .

  • Se ðe gryre-síþas gegán dorste

    who durst go ways of terror,

    • Beo. Th. 2929
      • ;
    • B. 1462
      • .

  • Swá geostran-dæg gegán wǽre

    sicut dies hesterna quæ præteriit,

    • Ps. Th. 89, 4
      • .

  • Hú ðæt geeóde, ðæt . . .

    how that came to pass, that . . . ,

    • Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 443
      • .

  • Eall ðás wundor geeódon in ussera tída tíman

    all these wonders happened in the period of our times,

    • 43 b; Th. 147, 11
      • ;
    • Gú. 725
      • .
to occupy, overcome, overrun, subdue; occupare, vincere, subigere
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  • Ðæt ðú hám on us [hus MS.] gegán wille

    that thou wilt occupy a home with us,

    • Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 21
      • ;
    • Gú. 243
      • .

  • Eádmund cyning Myrce geeóde

    king Edmund subdued Mercia,

    • Chr. 942; Th. 208, 33
      • ;
    • Edm. 2
      • :
    • Bd. 1, 2; S. 475, 4 : 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 506, 20
      • :
    • Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 58, 39 : 3, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 65, 44
      • .

  • Ne geeódon úre foregengan ná ðas eorðan mid sweorda ecgum

    non enim in gladio suo possidebunt terram,

    • Ps. Th. 43, 4
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  • Seo burh wæs gegán

    civitas capta erat,

    • Jos. 8, 21
      • .
to observe, practise, exercise, effect, accomplish; observare, exercere, perficere, efficere
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  • Gif gé ðæt tácen gegáþ

    if ye observe that sign,

    • Cd. 106; Th. 140, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2324
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  • Ðæt se hálga þeów elne geeóde

    which the holy minister zealously practised,

    • Exon. 34 b; Th. 111, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 129
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 118, 40
      • .

  • Hie elne geeódon

    they effected by strength,

    • Beo. Th. 5826
      • ;
    • B. 2917
      • .
used with an adjective [cf, such an expression as 'to go lame']
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  • He was wérig gegán

    fatigatus ex itinere,

    • Jn. Bos. 4, 6
      • .
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v.  ge-yde.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-gán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14494.

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