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of movement,
to go about
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  • Begangende forðan þe hé gewilnode ꝥ hé sumne fæder on þám wéstene funde.

      Hml. S. 23 b, 156.
to go by
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  • Bigongende (-geong-, L.)

    praetereuntem,

      Mk. R. 15, 21.
of action,
to go about a business,
to attend to, see after a person
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  • Hé bebeód Maria Josephe tó gémenne and tó begeonganne,

      Mt. L. 1, 18 note.
to worship
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  • God þone Columbe begangeð,

      Shrn. 47, 8.

  • Hiá mé begangaþ colunt

    ,
      Mt. R. 15, 9.

  • His godas þe hé begongende (-gónde, v.l.) wæs,

    • Ors. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 154, 34.
to honour, celebrate a day :--
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  • Ealle þá dagas synt mid gelícere eáwfæstnysse tó begangenne,

      Ll. Th. ii. 438, 27.
to exercise, practise an art
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  • Þæt cræft mínne ic begancge (exerceam),

      Coll. M. 22, 34.

  • Þæt ánra gehwylc cræft his geornlíce begange,

      31, 33.
to practise a religion
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  • Þá þe swelc deófolgild lufiað and bigongað,

    • Ors. 4, 12
      • ;
    • S. 210, 6.
to practise, do (habitually), commit sin
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  • Men þe beforan óþrum mannum hwæthuga gód begangaþ,

      Bl. H. 5 7, 2.

  • Þá þe galdorcræftas begangaþ,

      61, 23.

  • Þá þe wóhhǽmed begangaþ,

      14
    .

  • Náht unálýfedlíces begangan,

      Shrn. 65, 11.

  • Hié angiennað smeágean suíðor ðonne him ðearf sié tó begonganne

    se in inquisitionibus plus quam necesse est exercentes,

      Past. 67, 4.

  • Ne morðor tó begangenne (fremmenne,v.l.) . . . ne þeófenda tó begangenne,

      Wlfst. 253, 7, 9.

  • Ne hé gálnysse næs begangende,

      Guth. 12, 16.
to exercise, use
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  • Wið ðá wiðerweardan ne ondrǽde hé ðæt hé begonge his ryhtwísnesse

    erga perversos jura rectitudinis exercere non formidet,

      Past. 107, 17.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. bi-gangan to attend to
;
O. H. Ger. pi-gangan.
]
Similar entries
v. be-gán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-gangan.” 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/39758.

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