Tó-gangan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-gangan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: tó-gán, -gengan, -faran. to-gangan

Definitions

1 tó-gangan

p. -géng; pp. -gangen. I. to go in different directions, to part :-- Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne (tógangne, Bd. M. 372, 3) beóþ postyuam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20. Ðá hié betwih him tógangen (-gangende. Bd. M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab invicem, S. 607, 36. II. to go away, pass away :-- Ne tógongeþ gumena hwylcum eáþe ðæt ic ðǽr ymb sprice what I speak of does not easily pass away from any man (it is a bow that speaks, and the reference is to a wound from a poisoned arrow), Exon. Th. 405, 30; Rä. 24, 10.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚷᚪᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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