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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
      • ;
    • Seef. 69
      • ; [Grn. Gloss.]

  • Ðá sæternes dæg wæs agán

    cum transivisset sabbatum,

    • Mk. Bos. 16, 1
      • .

  • Æfen-fela nihta agáne wǽron

    totidem noctes transierunt,

    • Deut. 9, 11
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 293
      • ;
    • An. 147
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2452
      • ;
    • El. 1227
      • .

  • 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
      • .
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
      • ;
    • Gen. 2747
      • .
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v.  a-eóde a-gǽn a-gǽþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-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/1182.

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