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forþ-genge

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Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Substitute:
going forwards, progressing, having success. Cf. forþ, 1 b
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  • Hú mæg se geleáfa beón forðgenge, gif seó lár and ðá láreówas áteoriað?,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 8.

  • Hé mid his bénum fylste þæt ðǽra bydela bodung forðgenge and Gode wæstmbǽre wurde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 126, 30.
going on to completion, carried into effect. v. forþ, 2 b
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  • Ðæt hé sprecende bebiét, hé ðæt wyrcende oðiéwe, ðæt hit ðurh ðone fultum sié forðgenge

    quod loquendo imperat, ostendo adjuvat, ut fiat,

      Past. 81, 11.

  • Þæs cáseres hǽs wearð forðgencge

    the emperor's order was carried into effect,

      Hml. Th. i. 560, 22.
going on continuously, in full operation, flourishing, v. forþ, 3 a
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  • Ðínre módor forligr and fela unlybban syndon forðgenge

    adhuc fornicationes matris tui et veneficia multa vigent

    (2 Kings
      9, 22), Hml. S. 18, 333.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “forþ-genge.” 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/46049.

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