† well beˈgone, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 4 wel bigoo.
[See bego v. 8.]
1. Well-contented, cheerful, joyous.
| ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 693, I was neuer..So iolyf nor so wel bigoo Ne merye in herte as I was thoo. c 1381 ― Parl. Foules 171 But lord, so I was glad and wel begoon. |
2. Fortunate, well off.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus ii. 294 Yif me youre hond, for yn þis world is noon, If þat you lyst, a wyght so wel begon. c 1400 Rom. Rose 5533 And certeyn he is wel bigone Among a thousand that fyndith oon. 1421–2 Hoccleve Min. Poems xx. 11 How welthye a man be or well be-gone, Endure it shall not. 1530 Palsgr. 844/1 Well bygone, bien a poynt, or bien ayse. |