For-gán

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-gán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: to -gánne; he -gǽþ; Related words:

Definitions

1 for-gán

p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán To FOR-GO, abstain from, pass over, neglect; abstĭnēre, transcendĕre, prætĕrire :-- 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. for-gan

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ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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