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Wright's OE grammar
§59; §289; §515;
Take here geongan, and add :
of movement irrespective of point of departure or destination.
to go on foot, walk
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  • Halto geongeð

    claudi ambulant

    ,
    • Lk. L. 7, 22.

  • Mid fótum gangan,

    • Met. 31, 8.

  • Cóm se Hǽlend ofer þá sǽ gangende (geongende, L.)

    venie ambitions supra mare

    ,
    • Mt. 14, 25.

  • Árás ꝥ mægden and geongende (gong-, R.) wæs (ambulabat),

    • Mk. L. 5, 42.
to go on business
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  • Wyrce hé þám hláforde þe him fore ríde oþþe gange,

    • Ll. Th. i. 232, 21.
gangende
pedestrian, foot as opposed to mounted
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  • Ðá gangendan mænigeo

    pedestres

    ,
    • Mt. 14, 13.

  • Ǽgþer ge rídendra ge gangendra here,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. 112, 6
      • :
    • Chr. 1085
      • ;
    • P. 215, 36.

  • Gan-gendra manna and gehorsedra manna,

    • Hml. S. 25, 556.
to move along, proceed (irrespective of mode of progression)
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  • Geseah hé, þá hé bi sesse geóng, máððumsigla fela,

    • B. 2756.

  • Hé on orde geóng,

    • 3125.

  • Gif feórrancumen man búton wege gange (if he does not travel on the road),

    • Ll. Th. i. 42, 24.

  • Gif feorcund mon bútan wege geond wudu gonge,

    • 116, I.

  • Gangan ofer foldan wang.

    • Men. 113.

  • Þeóf sceal gangan in þýstrum wederum,

    • Gn. C. 42.

  • Gangan forð

    to advance

    ,
    • By. 170.

  • Gangend[e] féða

    an army on the march

    ;

    agmen

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 34,
gangende
animate or live as opposed to inanimate objects
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  • Þíne frumrípan gangendes (gong-, v. l. ) and weaxendes,

    • Ll. Th. i. 52, 31
      • :
    • Wlfst. 113, 6.

  • Hé sealde him tó bóte gangende feoh,

    • Gen. 2719.
to take a specified course (lit. or fig.)
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  • Ic on wegum gange þǽr ic þíne gewitnesse wát.

    • Ps. Th. 118, 14.

  • Ne ic on mægene miclum gange,

    • 130, 2
      • .

  • Gancge,

    • 85, 10.

  • Gang swá,

    • Sat. 701

  • Gionga in leht mægna

    ambulare in luce virtutum,

    • Rtl. 37, 5.
where the course is expressed by an adv. acc.
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  • Ealle þe his gedéfne weg gangað

    omnes qui ambulant in viis ejus

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 127, I.
to be habitually in a specified condition
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  • Neb bið hyre æt nytte, niðerweard gongeð,

    • Rä. 35, 3.

  • Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése oð midne sumor,

    • Ll. Th. i. 146, 10.
of coinage, &c.,
to pass, be current
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  • Gange án mynet ofer ealne þæs cynges anweald,

    • Ll. Th. i. 268, 27
      • :
    • 322, 29
      • :
    • Wlfst. 272, 2.
to take place
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  • Múða gehwylc mete þearf, mǽl sceolon tídum gongan

    every mouth needs meat, meals there must be at proper times

    ,
    • Gn. Ex. 125.
of events,
to have a specified issue
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  • Godes spelbodan sægdon . . . swá hit nú gongeð,

    • Gú. 13.

  • Long is tó secganne, hú hyre ealdorsceaft æfter gongeð,

    • Rä. 40, 23.
where movement
from
a place is the primary notion.
to depart
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  • Geongas

    exeunt

    ,
    • Lk. L. 4, 36.

  • Geong from mé

    exi a me,

      5, 8.

  • Þæt hé þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram,

    • E. S. viii. 62, 15.

  • Þú mé ne forléte út gangan mid mínre hátheortan of þisse ceastre,

    • Bl. H. 249, 15.

  • From gonga (geonga, L.)

    abire

    ,
    • Jn. R. 6, 67.

  • Forleorton geonga

    dimiserunt,

    • Mk. L. 12, 3.
of death
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  • Heora gást gangeð

    exiet spiritus ejus

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 145, 3.

  • Þonne þæs monnes sául út of his líchoman gangeþ,

    • Bl. H. 195, 9.

  • Ic beó gangende of mínum líchoman,

    • 139, 19.

  • Gást gangende

    spiritus vadens, et non rediens

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 77, 39.
where the prominent notion is that of destination or direction,
of self-originated motion or action,
to take one's way, proceed to a place or person, go into a place, move in a specified direction
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  • Ic on þín hús gange

    introito in domum tuum

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 65, 12.

  • ' Hwyder wilt þú gangan. ' ' Ic wille gangan tó Rome, '

    • Bl. H. 191, 16.

  • Hwyder magon gyt gangan from mínum willan?,

    • 187, 25.

  • Utan gangan on þissum carcerne,

    • 247, 1.

  • Sum sceal on féðe on feorwegas gongan,

    • Vy. 28.
where the destination is given by a clause
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  • Ic ána gonge . . . þǽr ic sittan mót sumor-langne dæg,

    • Kl. 35.

  • Hé gióng þæt hé bi wealle gesæt on sesse,

    • B. 2715,

  • Hét beornas gangan, þæt hí on þám eásteðe ealle stódon,

    • By. 63.
where the place mentioned is intended to include what is done there
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  • Hió tó setle geóng

    she took her place at table

    ,
    • B. 2019.
where the purpose or motive of going (to a place) is indicated
by simple infin.
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  • Ic geongo (gongo. R.) gegeruiga iúh styd,

    • Jn. L. 14, 2.

  • Geát geóng sóna tó setles neósan,

    • B. 1785.

  • Gé móton gangan Hróðgár geseón,

    • 395.
by gerundial infin.
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  • Ic geongo (gongo, R.) tó cunnanne ðá ilca

    eo probare ilia

    ,
    • Lk. L. 14, 19.
by a clause
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  • Utan gangan þæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne,

    • An. 1358.
by a co-ordinated verb, generally united to
go by and
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  • Nú gé raðe gangað and findað. . . ,

    • El. 372.

  • Gange hé feówra sum tó and oðsace.

    • Ll. ' Th. i. 286, 17.
without and
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  • Gé nú hraðe gangað, sundor ásécað . . . ,

    • El. 406.
by a substantive (with to) denoting or implying an action to be performed
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  • Gange ǽlc man þæs tó gewitnesse þe hé durre on þám háliggdóme swerian,

    • Ll. Th. i. 292, 13.

  • Gange hé tó þám ordále,

    • 280, 9.

  • Þis folc tó húsle gange,

    • Bl. H. 207, 6.
    ó

  • ꝥ gé tó tó þys húsle ne gangen ne tó dæm ordále,

    • Rtl. 114, 21.
by a substantive (with on) denoting function in which the subject is to be employed or condition into which he enters
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  • Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse

    (go and stop as a guest)

    .
    • Ll. Th. i. 38, 12.

  • Gangon hí him on borh,

    • 302, 16.
of passive movement, change of condition, &c.
to be carried, moved, impelled
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  • Monnum þyncð þæt sió sunne on mere gange,

    • Met. 28, 38.

  • In gange mín bén on þínre gesihðe,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 170.

  • Gongen hié ealle on þeówot,

    • Ll. Th. i. 106, 17.

  • Þú scealt on eorðan gangan, and eft tó eorðan weorðan,

    • Bl. H. 123, 10.

  • Án steorra sóna tó setle gangende,

    • Chr. 1097
      • ;
    • P. 233, 27.
to reach, extend
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  • Wintres dæg wíde gangeð,

    • Men. 202.
to pass to a certain condition, become
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  • Þú mé scealt edwitt mín of áwyrpan. þæt mé tó incan áhwǽr gangeð,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 39.
of movement towards the speaker,
to come
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  • Gang þú hider in tó mé

    huc ad me ingredere

    ,
    • Gr. D. 25, 21.

  • Gang mé neár hider,

    • Bl. H. 179, 30.

  • Gangaþ nú tó mé onwolcnum,

    • 157, 25.

  • Hét him recene tó ríce þeóden his sunu gangan,

    • Gen. 865.
special use with preps, or adverbs, út gangan.
to go to the closet, have an evacuation
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  • Hwilum hié wel gelyst út gangan, and him þá byrþenne fram áweorpan,

    • Lch. ii. 230, 23.
to leave a permanent habitation or occupation
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  • Mid swelce hrægle hé in eóde, mid swelce gange hé út,

    • Ll. Th. i. 46, 4.
Similar entries
v. feld-gangende, fot-gangende, gearu-gangende, and cf. gán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/46939.

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