† forthˈgo, v. Obs.
[OE. forþgán, f. forth adv. + gán to go.]
1. intr. To go forth: see forth adv. 5 and 6. Occas. with cognate object. Of day, night, etc.: To pass, pass away.
| O.E. Chron. an. 1075, Raulf..wolde forðgan mid his folce. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 91 Swa þet ileiden þa untrummen men bi þere stret þere petrus forð-eoðe. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 9 Ðe niht is forð-gon and dai neihlecheð. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2819 Nu is forð gon ðe ðridde dai. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxviii[i]. 42 Bi-reved him alle forth-gaand þe wai. 1382 Wyclif Gen. xliv. 4 And now the cyte thei ȝeden oute and forth ȝeden a litill. ― Judith xvi. 27 Forsothe she was in feste daȝes forth goende [Vulg. procedens] with gret glorie. c 1425 Seven Sag. (P) 761 Thay..dyde ham bothe forth goo. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 173/2 Forthegone, profectus. 1600 Fairfax Tasso xviii. xix. 6 Whereat amazd he staid, and well prepard For his defence, heedfull..foorthwent. |
b. fig. esp. To advance in age (also, in power or dignity). Of a treaty: To be carried into effect.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 834 Sum was wið miȝte so forð gon, ðat hadden he under hem mani on. a 1300 Cursor M. 10757 He was sumdel forthgan in lijf. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 185 Philip vnderstode, R. wild not consent, þat ilk conant forth ȝode, þat þe Soudan sent. |
2. To come forth as from a source, proceed.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Mark vii. 15 Þa ðing þe of ðam men forðgað, þa hine besmitað. a 1325 Prose Psalter Athanasian Creed 22 Nouȝt fourmed, noȝt biȝeten, bot forþgoand. c 1340 Cursor M. 10240 (Fairf.) Ioachym here shalle none Offryng of thy hond forþ-gone. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 10 Þe maker of mankynd takyng a soulid body of þe virgyn..& forþgoing man wiþ out seed may gif vs His Godhed. |