† gengv.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To go, pass, move.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > move along [verb (intransitive)]
goeOE
lithec900
nimOE
fare971
shakeOE
strikea1000
gangOE
gengOE
seekc1000
glidea1275
wevec1300
hove1390
drevea1400
sway?a1400
wainc1540
discoursea1547
yede1563
trot1612
to get along1683
locomove1792
locomote1831
OE Beowulf 1412 He feara sum beforan gengde wisra monna wong sceawian.
c1000 Ags. Ps. cxiii[i]. 5 Þu, Iordanen, forhwi gengdest on bæcling?
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 376 Ȝif hundes urneþ to him ward He [the hare] gengþ wel swiþe a wey ward.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6420 Hu forð gengden [c1300 Otho forþ geinde] þa quenen. ȝeond wudes & ȝend feldes.
2. With dative of personal object: To assist.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)]
helpc897
filsteOE
filsenc1175
gengc1175
succourc1250
ease1330
to do succourc1374
favour1393
underset1398
supply1428
aid1450
behelp1481
adminiculate?1532
subleve1542
to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546
adjuvate1553
to stand at ——1563
assista1578
opitulate1582
stead1582
bestead1591
help out (also through)1600
serve1629
facilitate1640
auxiliate1656
juvate1708
gammon1753
lame duck1963
piggyback1968
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4160 Swa þatt itt muȝhe gengenn uss To berrȝhenn ure sawle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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