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a-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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Grammar
a-gán, p. -eóde; pp. -gán [a from, away, gán to go] .
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §320; §546;
to come to pass, happen; præterire, transire
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  • Ǽr his tíd agá [tíde ge MS.]

    before his time come to pass,

    • Exon. 82 a; Th. 310, 3
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    • Seef. 69
    • ; [Grn. Gloss.]
  • Ðá sæternes dæg wæs agán

    cum transivisset sabbatum,

    • Mk. Bos. 16, 1
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  • Æfen-fela nihta agáne wǽron

    totidem noctes transierunt,

    • Deut. 9, 11
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    • Andr. Kmbl. 293
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    • An. 147
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    • Elen. Kmbl. 2452
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    • El. 1227
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  • Swá hit sóþlíce a-eóde

    so it truly happened,

    • K. de visione Isaiæ.
to come forth; provenire
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  • Him upp agá horn on heafde

    a horn comes forth on his head,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 32
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to approach to any one to solicit him; procedere ad aliquem sollicitandi causa
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  • Ne meahton heora bregoweardas agán

    might not approach their lords,

    • Cd. 131; Th. 166, 14
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    • Gen. 2747
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v.  a-eóde a-gǽn a-gǽþ.
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