forþgan

From forþ- +‎ gān.

• IPA^(key): /forθˈɡɑːn/, [forˠðˈɡɑːn]

forþgān

1. 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 [by] 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.

• Middle English: forthgon
  • English: forthgo

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forþgán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.