Ge-gangan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-gangan

Add: A. of movement. I. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. (1) to go on foot, walk:--Gif huoelc gegeongað (ambulauerit) on næht, Jn. L. 11, 10. (2) of an event, to happen, come to pass:--Gif þæt gegangeð, þæt þé gár nimeð, B. 1846. Hú gegangeð þæt góde oððe yfle?, Sal. 362. II. where movement from a place is the primary notion, to depart:--Gegangende cesuram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 18. Gegandende, 103, 59. III. where the prominent notion is that of direction or destination. (1) of self-originated motion or action. (a) to proceed to a place or person, go into a place:--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. (b) where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with tó) denoting or implying an action to be performed:--Tó rúne gegangan, Jud. 54. Hié tó húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl. H. 209, 6. (2) of passive movement (lit. or fig.). (a) to be allotted to a person:--Him tó móse sceal gegangan geára gehwylce þriá þreóténo þúsend gerímes, Sal. 288. (b) to happen to a person (dat.), befall:--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. (c) to contribute to a result:--Ꝥ him ꝥ gód móte tó écum médum gegangan, Bl. H. 101, 18. B. with the idea of attainment, to get by going. I. to get by force:--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. II. to get to a position or point. (1) to get to a person, get into the protection or power of a person:--Þæt hé Gode gegange (cf. ge-gán; B. II. 1), Lch. iii. 442, 7. (2) local, to get to or at a place or position:--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. (3) of time, to come, arrive (cf. ge-gán; B. II. 3 a):--His aldres wæs ende gegongen, B. 822. Wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, 3036. III. to act upon by going (cf. ge-gán; IV):--Swá hit seó sulh gegange, Ll. Th. i. 262, 9. [Goth. ga-gaggan: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. gi-gangan.? ge-gangan