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tó-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.
of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate
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  • Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2.

  • Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin,

    • Ap. Th. 8, 23.

  • Mycel wæl feóll on ǽgðre healfe, and ða heras him sylfe tóeodan,

    • Chr. 1016;
    • Erl. 156, 20.

  • Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ

    postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus,

    • Bd. 4, 29;
    • S. 607, 20 MS. B.
of material things, to be sundered, to part
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  • Ic tógá

    dehisco.

    • Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 23.

  • Hé slóh mid ánre gyrde on ða sǽ, and heó tóeode on twá,

    • Wulfst. 293, 15
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 194, 19.

  • Seó eá on emtwá tóeode,

    • 212, 22.

  • Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get,

    • H. R. 103. 22.
to go in many different directions, to disperse, go away
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  • Ða wæteru tóeodon and wanedon

    aquae ibant et decrescebant.

    • Gen. 8, 5.

  • Þe wlcne togað,

    • O. E. Homl. i. 239, 25.

  • Þe rede see toeode,

    • 141, 6.

  • He smat Frolic uppen þæne hælm þat he atwa helden (toȝeode, 2nd MS. ),

    • Laym. 23980.
Etymology
O. H. Ger. ze-gán
:
Ger. zer-gehen.
Similar entries
v. tó-gangan, -gengan, -faran.
Linked entries
v.  tó-cirran tó-gangan tó-gengan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30687.

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