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Old English
Etymology
From forþ- + gān.
Pronunciation
Verb
forþgān
- to go forth, proceed, go or pass by
- And ða he forþeode, he ȝeseah Leuin Alphei sittende æt hys cepsetle, and he cƿæþ to him. Folȝa me. Ða aras he and folȝode him.
- And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the custom booth, and said unto him, “Follow Me.” And he arose and followed Him.
- Sceadu forþeode wann under wolcnum (Rood Kmbl. 108; Kr. 54.)
- Shadows passed when under clouds
- Hīe ēodon ūt fram ūs, ac hīe ne ȝelumpon ūs; for þȳ þe ȝif hīe hæfden ȝelumpen ūs, þonne hīe scolden hīe ȝīet ȝanȝan mid ūs: ac hīe forþēodon, sƿā þæt hīe mihten ƿesan ætīeƿed þæt hoera nǣniȝ ȝelimpþ ūs.
- They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
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