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for-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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Grammar
for-gán, to -gánne; he -gǽþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To FOR-GO, abstain from, pass over, neglect; abstĭnēre, transcendĕre, prætĕrire
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  • Ðæt he smeáge hwæt him sý to dónne and to forgánne

    that he meditate what is for him to do and what to forgo,

    • L. C. S. 85
      • ;
    • Th. i. 424, 6.

  • We lǽraþ, ðæt man freólsdagum and fæstendagum forgá áþas and ordéla

    we enjoin, that a man on feast-days and fast-days forgo oaths and ordeals,

    • L. Edg. C. 24
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 248, 28
      • ;
    • 25
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 250, 1.

  • He forgǽþ ðæs huses dúru,

    transcendet ostium dŏmus,

    • Ex. 12, 23.

  • Se ðe ðis forgǽþ [MS. forgæiþ], his sáwul losaþ

    he who neglects this, his soul shall perish,

    • Homl. Th. i. 92, 2:

  • pricle ne forgǽs

    iota non præteribit,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 18.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/11454.

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