Forþ-genge

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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forþ-genge

Substitute: (1) going forwards, progressing, having success. Cf. forþ, 1 b :-- Hú mæg se geleáfa beón forðgenge, gif seó lár and ðá láreówas áteoriað?, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 8. Hé mid his bénum fylste þæt ðǽra bydela bodung forðgenge and Gode wæstmbǽre wurde, Hml. Th. ii. 126, 30. (2) going on to completion, carried into effect. quod loquendo imperat, ostendo adjuvat, ut fiat, Past. 81, 11. Þæs cáseres hǽs wearð forðgencge the emperor's order was carried into effect, Hml. Th. i. 560, 22. (3) going on continuously, in full operation, flourishing, v. forþ, 3 a :-- Ðínre módor forligr and fela unlybban syndon forðgenge adhuc fornicationes matris tui et veneficia multa vigent (2 Kings 9, 22), Hml. S. 18, 333. forþ-genge

Related words: forþ, 2 b :-- Ðæt hé sprecende bebiét, hé ðæt wyrcende oðiéwe, ðæt hit ðurh ðone fultum sié forðgenge