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 litil. Ibid., Judith xvi. 27. Forsothe she was in feste daȝes forth goende [Vulg. procedens] with gret glorie.
c. 1425. Seven Sag. (P.), 760.
| Thay left the childe anon tho, | |
| And dyde ham bothe forth goo. |
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 173/2. Forthegone, profectus.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XVIII. xix. 5.
| Whereat amazd he staid, and well prepard | |
| For his defence, heedfull and slow 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., 835.
| 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, | |
| He yernd noght to haf suilk a wijf. |
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.
c. 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 forþe-gone. |
c. 1400. An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, 10. þe maker of man kynd takyng a soulid body of þe virgyn, demd to be borne, forþgoing man wiþ out seed, may gif vs his godhed, swilk feiþ is ai mad in hope trust and charite.
