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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 huoelc gegeongað (

    ambulauerit

    ) on næht,
      Jn. L. 11, 10.
of an event,
to happen, come to pass
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  • Gif þæt gegangeð, þæt þé gár nimeð,

      B. 1846.

  • Hú gegangeð þæt góde oððe yfle?,

      Sal. 362.
where movement from a place is the primary notion,
to depart
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  • Gegangende

    cesuram,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 18.

  • Gegandende,

      103, 59.
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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  • Þeáh ic on mínes húses hyld gegange,

      Ps. Th. 131, 3.

  • Gif in lond ðú gegonges

    su in uicum introieris,

      Mk. 8, 26.

  • Tó hwon wé gigonge (gegeonge, L.)

    ad quem ibimus?,

      Jn. R. 6, 68.

  • Gegeonga in bergum

    ire in porcos,

      Mk. p. 3, 6: Mk. L. 9, 43.
where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with
tó) denoting or implying an action to be performed
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  • Tó rúne gegangan,

      Jud. 54.

  • Hié tó húsle gegangen hæfdon,

      Bl. H. 209, 6.
of passive movement (lit. or fig.).
to be allotted to a person
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  • Him tó móse sceal gegangan geára gehwylce þriá þreóténo þúsend gerímes,

      Sal. 288.
to happen to a person (dat.),
befall
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  • Gegangeð þám mannum . . . þæt heó ealle forbeornað,

      Wlfst. 206, 30: Vy. 10, 1.

  • Ꝥ þǽm biscopum . . . gelíce gegange þǽm biscope þe Paulus geseah,

      Bl. H. 45, 4.

  • Þá wæs gegongen guman . . . ꝥ hé geseah . . .,

      B. 2821.
to contribute to a result
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  • Ꝥ him ꝥ gód móte tó écum médum gegangan,

      Bl. H. 101, 18.
  • B. with the idea of attainment, to get by going.
to get by force
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  • Sé þe hine gefó and gegange

    he that seizes and secures him,

      Ll. Th. i. 42, 17.

  • Wé witan óþer ígland . . . wé eów fultumiað ꝥ gé hit magon gegangan,

      Chr. P. p. 3, 13.

  • Ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan,

      By. 59.
to get to a position or point.
to get to a person, get into the protection or
power of a person
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  • Þæt hé Gode gegange (cf. ge-gán; B. II. 1),

      Lch. iii. 442, 7.
local,
to get to or at a place or position
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  • Of hwylcere wísan þám móde hit gegange þæs slǽpendan,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 94, 4.

  • Gegangendo

    coituras,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 11: 104, 81.

  • Gegangende,

      136, 42.
of time, to come, arrive (cf. ge-gán;
B. II. 3 a)
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  • His aldres wæs ende gegongen,

      B. 822.
  • Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036.
to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán;
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  • Swá hit seó sulh gegange,

      Ll. Th. i. 262, 9.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-gaggan: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. gi-gangan.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/48100.

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