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Add: A. of movement.
movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination.
to go on foot, walk
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  • Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg

    si quis ambulauerit in die,

      Jn. R. 11, 9.

  • Árás ꝥ mægden and geeóde (

    ambulabat

    ),
      Mk. L. 5, 42.

  • Mið ðý geeóde in temple,

      11, 27.

  • Halto geeádon,

      Mt. L. 15, 31.
to take a specified course (lit. or fig.)
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  • In bebodum mínum gigieð (-gǽð ?)

    in praeceptis meis ambulauerit,

      Rtl. 10, 10.
of time,
to pass, elapse
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  • Mið ðý geeóde ꝥ sunnedæg

    cum transisset sabbatum,

      Mk. L. R. 16, 1.
of an event,
to happen, come to pass
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  • Þá þæt geeóde þæt se wer wearð wíne druncen,

      Gen. 1562.

  • Þæt geeóde ufaran dógrum,

      B. 2200.
where movement
from a place is the primary notion.
to
depart
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  • Ðá geeóde ðona ðe Hǽlend

    transeunte inde Iesu,

      Mt. L. 9, 27.

  • Geeóde

    abiit,

      13, 25.

  • Mið ðý se unclǽne gaast geeóde from ðǽm menn,

      Lk. L. 11, 24.

  • Mið ðý forleortan hine geeódon (gieódun, R.)

    relicto eo abierunt,

      Mk. L. 12, 12.

  • Geeádon, Mt. L. 2, 9: 22, 22. (1 a) to depart from this world, pass away :-- Ne bið geeád ðiús cnéwureso

    non praeteribit haec generatio,

      Mt. L. 24, 34.
where the prominent notion is that of direction or destination.
of self-originated motion or action.
to proceed to a place or person,
go into a place
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  • Gif on lond ðú gegaas

    si in uicum introieris,

      Mk. L. 8, 26.

  • Geeóde

    adgrederetur (lupanar ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 30.

  • Geeódun, gihiódum, gaeádun

    adgrediuntur,

      Txts. 39, 78.

  • Geeódon,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 44.

  • Hiá geeádon in bergum

    illi abierunt in porcos,

      Mt. L. 8, 32.

  • Ꝥ hiá gegáæ in ceastra

    euntes in castella,

      14, 15.

  • Ꝥte geeádon in ðá ceastra,

      Lk. L. 9, 12.
where the purpose or motive of going (to a place) is indicated,
by simple infin.
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  • Geeóde on mór gebidda,

      Mk. L. 6, 46.
by gerundial infin.
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  • Mið ðý geeódon tó bycganne

    dum irent emere,

      Mt. L. 25, 10.
by a substantive (with
tó) denoting or implying an action to be performed
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  • Tó ðæhtunge ðonne geeódon

    consilio inito,

      Mt. L. 27, 7.
by a substantive (with
on) denoting function in which the subject is to be employed
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  • Ðú eart on borg gegán ðínum friénd,

      Past. 192, 18.
of passive movement (lit. or fig.).
to be allotted or
assigned to a person
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  • Ne gegǽð him þǽr nǽnig fæsten

    non opus erit eis jejunare,

      Ll. Th. ii. 144, 17.

  • Án fæsten gegǽð wudewan and fǽmnan; máre gegǽd wífe þám þe wer hafað

    unum jejunium competit viduae et puellae; majus competit mulieri virum habenti,

      156, 9, 10.
to happen to a person,
come upon
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  • God ána wát hwæt his deádan gegǽð

    quid mortuis suis eveniat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 166, 19.

  • Him swá geeóde swá swá Aidanus him bæd,

      Hml. S. 26, 102.

  • Geióde,

      Ps. C. 13.

  • For þan ðæs wíte on eówre handa geeóde,

      Ps. Th. 57, 2.
to contribute to a result
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  • Ic ágǽlde þæt tó mínre sáwle frætwum belumpe, and mé tó éces lífes earnunge gegán sceolde,

      Angl. xi. 98, 30.
special uses with preps. or adverbs, út gegán
to go to the closet, have an evacuation
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  • Gif mon ne mæge út gegán,

      Lch. ii. 276, 12.
  • B. with the idea of attainment, to get by going.
to get a material object.
to get by allotment
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  • In þǽm dǽle þe hé mid tán geeóde,

      Bl. H. 121, 9.
to acquire
by peaceful action
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  • Eádnóð gebeád þæt land ealre ðǽre mǽgðe hwæðer hit ǽnig swá (

    by taking orders

    ) gegán wolde,
      Cht. Th. 167, 31.
by force, to conquer a place, take a town,
win spoil
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  • Hé geeóde (

    expugnavit

    ) þá burh,
      Jos. 10, 35: Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 33.

  • Eádmund geeóde eal Norþhymbra land him tó gewealdan,

      Chr. 944; P. 110, 30.

  • Þá Deniscan þæt lond all geeódon,

      870; P. 70, 8.

  • Þæs þe his cyn ǽrest West-Seaxna lond on Wealum geódon,

      P. 4, 21.

  • Hié siþþan geeódon Europe and Asiam þone mǽstan dǽl

    cum Europae maximam partem domuissent, Asiae vero aliquantis civitatibus captis,

      Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 18.

  • Hig geeódun his land and ealle his burga . . . þǽre wíc hig geeódon

    tulit Israel omnes civitates ejus . . . cujus viculos ceperant,

      Num. 21, 25, 32.

  • Eal (

    all the spoil

    ) þæt þá þeódguman geeódon,
      Jud. 332.

  • Gegáð þá buruh and forbernað hí sóna

    cum ceperitis civitatem, succendite eam,

      Jos. 8, 7.

  • God him (

    William the Conqueror

    ) geúðe ꝥ hé móste Engleland gegán,
      Chr. 1086; P. 219, 25: 1066; P. 196, 5.

  • Swá earme wíf hæfdon gegán þone cræftgestan dǽl and þá hwatestan men ealles þises middangeardes,

      Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 5.
to get to a position or point.
to get to a person (dat.), get into the keeping or
power of
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  • Wé gelýfað ꝥ hé gegǽð Gode, búton hé þe swíðor forscyldgod wǽre,

      Hml. Th. ii. 462, 22.

  • Hí beóð ðurh gódre fremminge Gode betǽhte, and gé sylfe him gegáð þurh gódum geearnungum,

      554, 24.

  • Ǽlc man, se ðe wile Gode gegán, sceal gelýfan on ðá Hálgan Ðrynnysse,

      604, 23.

  • Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé deóflum gegán,

      Angl. xii. 502, 20.
local,
to get to a place or position
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  • Se maga geonga under his mǽges scyld geeóde

    the youth got under his kinsman's shield,

      B. 2676.
  • Hí síð drugon, geeódon tó þæs þe eorla hleó . . . gefrúnon hringas dǽlan, 1967.

  • Hí forð onetton, oð hié gegán hæfdon tó þám wealgeate,

      Jud. 140: 219.

  • Hié tógædre gegánhæfdon,

      B. 2630.

  • Þá hí swá feor gegán hæfdon swá hí þá woldon,

      Chr. 1010; P. 141, 7.

  • Tósomne gegánre

    coeunte, conglutinato,

      An. Ox. 48, 4.
of time,
to get to a specified point
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  • Oð ðæt wintra rím gegǽð in þá geoguðe, Gú. 470. (3 a)

    to come, arrive

    :-- Oð þæt seó tíd cymeð, gegǽð geárrímum, þæt þá leomu geloden weorðað,
      Vy. 5.
to get to a stage,
come to a specified point
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  • Gif hit þonne tó bóte gegá,

      Ll. Th. i. 340, 16: 360, 3.
to get something done.
to do, perform
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  • Hé hit eall his fótum geeóde

    he did all his travelling on foot;

    pedum incessu vectus,
      Bd. 3, 5; S. 203, 5.

  • Eall þæt ic ǽfre tó unnytte . . . mid hondum gefénge oððe fótum geeóde (

    all that I have gone and done

    ),
      Angl. xi. 98, 44: 101, 46.

  • Ic þíne bebodu wolde gegán,

      Ps. Th. 118, 40. (Cf. v. 78.)
to bring about a result by walking
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  • Oððe hé gegǽð on þám dæge þæt hé sý wérig

    or he gets on that day tired with walking,

      Wlfst. 212, 29.
to act upon by going, used of a plough in movement which is thus preparing the land for cultivation
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  • Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be þám þe seó sulh þone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde,

      Wlfst. 310, 25.

  • Á swá seó sulh þone teóðan æcer gegá

    even as the tenth acre is ploughed,

      Ll. Th. i. 342, 11: Wlfst. 208, 6 note.
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v. fore-gegán, full-gegán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/48098.

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