(a) To move, advance; travel; come, go, walk; go by, ride by, travel by; go through; (b) to cross over, cross; (c) to leave, go away, depart; sail away, take passage; of a commercial product: leave port; (d) to get by, get through; get away, escape; of vapor: be released; of a word: be spoken; leten ~, allow (sb.) to escape or go by; release (gas); (e) of a spear or an arrow: to miss, go by; of prophecy: to fail of effect.

With prepositional phrases: to move with a specified relation to somebody or something: (a) ~ abouten, to explore (country); ~ acost, travel alongside (a land); ~ after, follow (sb.); ben passed abouten, be encircled as a purification rite; (b) ~ at, to go through (a gate); ~ ayen (ayenes), march against (sb.), attack; (c) ~ bi, to go by (sb., a place, a coast, a part of the body), go close to, go beside; go down (a street or path); travel by (a place, a geographical region), go by way of (a place, water, the sea); go through (a gate, a town, one's lips, a passageway within or from the body, the pores of a tree, etc.); fig. cross by way of (Christ as a bridge); of light: shine through (glass), shine close to (filth); of the sun: move through (signs of the zodiac); ~ bi the two poles of this world, cross (the equinoctial line) on a line from pole to pole; ~ bisides, of the sun: move by (the earth); ~ forbi, go by (sb.); (d) ~ from, to leave (sb., somebody's service or presence, etc.), be parted from; travel from (a town); be through with (a journey); of a humor, blood, etc.: flow from (sb. or sth.); of light: shine from (somebody's face); of a commercial product: leave (port); of the Holy Spirit: proceed from (sb.); of a heavenly body: move from (the sun, a location); ~ from us ward, move away from us; ~ from..to, move from (one place) to (another); of an ailment: be communicated from (one eye) to (the other); of a bird: fly from (one land) to (another); ~ from..unto, go from (one place) to (another); (e) ~ in, of anger: to enter into (sb.); of stars, spiders: move within (their circles, webs); of fame: spread into (parts of the earth); ~ in the wei, go by in the street; ~ in the hed, go first; ~ into, enter (a country, building, garden); of a bird: flee to (a mountain); of a stream: flow into (a country); of a ship: put out to (sea); of fire: vanish into (the air); of venom or balm: be imparted to (the body, part of the body), be diffused to; of drink: be diffused into (feathers); of a disease: be communicated to (sb.); of kingdoms: become amalgamated with (another kingdom); (f) ~ of, to leave (lands); come from (sth.); come off (a mountain); of an evil spirit: come out of (sb.); ~ of place, leave a place; of parts of the body: be dislodged; ~ oute of, leave (a place, town, country); of gas: be emitted from (the stomach); of power, blood, speech, etc.: issue from (a prince, wound, mouth, etc.); (g) ~ over, to travel over (a way, a seaway, terrain), traverse; cross (a body or stream of water, a bridge or ditch); of a ship: sail over (waves, etc.); ~ on, go on (one's way), go by on (a surface); step on (land), trespass; of water: flow on (the earth); (h) ~ thurgh, to travel through (a country, town, gate, valley, city, etc.); travel over (plains, a path, a street), traverse; cross (water by a ford); escape (sb.); go through (an enemy camp, a besieging army, a commissure, a crack in a wall, the skin, the eye of a needle, purgatory, etc.); go down (somebody's throat); also fig.; of light: shine through (sth.); of a powder: fall through (a sieve); of a spear or sword: pierce (the heart or soul); of an image or thought: go through (one's heart or soul); of eye-beams: pierce (the heart); ~ bitwene, ~ thurgh..honde, escape (sb.); ~ thurghout, cross (the sea, somebody's kingdom); of a sword: pierce (somebody's heart); (i) ~ to, to go to (sb., a place, the body, a part of the body, etc.); also fig.; come to (sb., one of the senses); march against (sb.); climb to (somebody's heights); of a spear: penetrate to (somebody's heart); of fame or sound: spread to (sb., a place), reach; ~ til, go to (a country); ~ unto, go to (a place); of riches: be divided among (people); (j) ~ upon, of a cord: to run on (a pully).

With adverbs as indicators of relative motion: (a) ~ her, her ~, to leave here, flee from here; go by here; ~ hennes, hennes ~, leave here, go there from here; fig. leave the fictional presence of a reader [quot.: a1500(?a1400)]; hethen ~, leave here; ~ ther, cross there; thennes (thethen) ~, ~ thennes, leave there, move from there; ~ ther-bi, go by there; fig. go through a history, read a narrative [quot.: (a1387)]; ~ ther-over, cross over it; ~ ther-ayenes, go there; ~ ther-upon, walk there; ~ wher thei wolden, go where they wanted; ther-oute ~, flow out of there; whider thei ~, where they go; whider thou woldest ~, where you wanted to go; (b) ~ abouten, to revolve, go around, circulate; ~ abrode, of the lips of a wound: open up, separate; ~ awei, get away, escape; of a liquid: run out, be excreted; also, sneak away [quot.: Triam.317]; ~ ayen, ayen ~, return; ~ bi, go by, pass by without stopping; ~ biside, go around, go aside; for-bi ~, go past; ~ hom, go home; ~ thurgh, thurgh ~, go through; of jousters: pass by each other; ~ to and fro, travel to and fro; westward ~, go westward; (c) ~ in, to go in, come in, enter; innere ~, go farther in; ~ more inward, of venom: penetrate farther into a wound; ~ oute, go out, leave; get out, escape; of a child: be born; of enclosed air, gas, smoke, etc.: escape, be emitted; of a fluid: flow out; of digested food: be excreted; of a commercial product: leave port; of colors: emanate; of a word or decree: be announced; ~ upward, of heat: rise; ~ doun, ride down; ~ over, go over, cross; sail over; of the sea: overflow; (d) forth ~, to leave; ~ forth, go forth; go on, proceed; go by; move, emigrate; travel abroad; of an order: go forth, be promulgated; of a bee or procession: go out; of the hand: swing forward; ben passed forth, of a word: be said; ~ ferther, go farther, proceed; of infection: spread; of the sea: rise further; ~ foreward, advance; further ~, ~ further, go farther, proceed; forth-bi ~, go ahead, go on.

(a) To traverse (a way, path, course, distance, etc.); take (steps); travel over (dales, plains, etc.); also fig.; ~ a strong pas, get through a difficulty; (b) to go through (a country, town, forest, etc.); fight one's way through (a company, troop); penetrate (part of the body), saturate; of speech: go through (the neck); of the sun: go through (the zodiac); (c) to cross (the sea, mountains, a river, bridge, ditch, etc.); cross (a boundary, line, etc.); also fig.; of a river or the sea: overflow (sth.); of superfluous flesh: grow over (normal flesh) [quot.: c1425]; (d) to get by (sb., a hazard, etc.); escape (purgatory, somebody's hands, etc.), get out of; (e) to go beyond (sth.), go past; go outside (walls); sail around (a cliff); also, go near (a place); of a thought: go beyond (sth.), fly above; of blood: flow by (the liver), touch; (f) to leave (sb., somebody's presence, land, a place, etc.); of information: leave (sb.), be told; (g) ben passed, to be past (sth.), be beyond.

To expel (fumes, air, vapor), emit; drive out (a fever), cure; put away (a wicked word), reject; of a ship: convey (sb. from a place); refl. of a fish: propel itself.

(a) Of time, a unit of time, a season or month, etc.: to pass, progress, elapse; ~ abouten (awei), end; ppl. passed over, ended; bi long time her biforen passed, for a long time now; (b) ben passed (oute, bi, henne, over, to be past, be over; ben passed on, be advanced; hit was wel passed of the night, night was far advanced; hit be passed over the tide, the time is past; (c) ben passed, to be past (a time or point in time); ben passed date, be ended, be over; hit is passed prime, it is past the hour of prime; hit was passed, it was past (nones, eight o'clock, etc.); hit be passed, it is past (the 3rd hour); passed (over) midnight, past midnight; (d) of an era, an aeon, a stage of life: to end; ~ oute; (e) of a unit of time: to pass (sb.), go by; (f) ~ round abouten, to come full circle, recur; (g) ppl. passed, as adv.: afterward, forth.

Of an event or action: to occur, happen; end, be over; ben passed, be past, be over; of a religious practice: be discontinued; ~ over, be done; ~ toforen, occur before; precede (sth.); toforen passed, previously done; passinge aforn, previously present; passed over, having been done.

Of human beings: (a) to pass through (a period of time); ~ over; ~ in age, grow old; for to ~ yer, subsist upon for a year; what other passeth age bi kinde, until the other lives out a normal lifetime; (b) ben passed, to have lived past (a certain time or point in time); be past (peril, pain, man's care or help); be too old for (sexual play); ben passed forth, be advanced (in age); (c) ben passed, to have lived previously.

(a) To die; of the spirit or soul: set out, depart, go; ben passed, be dead, be departed; ben passed the world, be dead; (b) ~ awei (forth, henne, hennes, hethen, over), to pass away, die; (c) ~ from (of, oute of) this world, ~ oute this troublous world, ~ oute of his lif, ~ from the bodi, etc.; ~ to god (goddes merci, heven, pine or pleie, etc.); ~ into (helle, etc.); ~ over this passage; ~ intil joie; (d) of Christ or the Virgin: ~ from, to leave (sb.); ~ oute of, leave (the world), die; (e) ~ this lif, to leave this life, die.

(a) Of mutable things, of nature, heaven, earth, a man, mankind, riches, fame, beauty, power, etc.: to vanish, cease to exist, be transitory; ~ awei (over), cease to exist; ~ from, be lost to (sb.); lose (points of beauty) [quot.: a1425]; ~ from me, come to nothing, perish; ben passed awei from me, be lost to me; ppl. passinge, fleeting; (b) of clouds, dew, shadows, flowers, reflections, etc., considered as figures of evanescence: to disappear, perish, vanish; (c) of a thought, memory, mental image: to disappear from the mind, leave (the mind); of an apparition, vision, poetic character, magical deception, etc.: disappear, vanish; of love, sorrow, care, comfort, hope, mercy, etc.: be over, be spent, end; leten..~ (oute of minde, forget about (sth.); leten..~ from..herte, drop (sth.) from (one's) concern; (d) of stars: to become invisible; of a star: cease to exist; of daylight, candlelight, the brightness of a gem: disappear, vanish; of an illness, ailment, pain: go away, end; of a truce: end; of the life in a part of the body: perish; ~ under, come to an end; (e) of property, provisions, strength, sexual excitement, interest: to be depleted, diminish.

(a) To continue, persist, proceed; hennes ~, proceed (to do sth.); ~ forth (ferther, firre, further, on), continue, persist, go on; ~ over til, wait until (sth. happens); ~ to, last, persist; ~ upon, go on with (a story); (b) ~ of (awei from, over from, over of, oute of), to leave (a subject); ~ over, go on to something else; ~ over ayen to, go back to (a subject); ~ to, proceed to speak of (sth.); proceed to (further medical or surgical treatment, new diet); refl. leten..~ of wordes, proceed from talk to something else; (c) to change, progress; be changed; progress (from one virtue or joy to another); conform oneself (to ordinances); of a color: change (to another color), tend (toward another color); of an ailment: develop (into another ailment); of blood: be changed (into nutriment or choler); of wine: be changed (into blood); ~ forth into, enter (a contemplative state); ~ in..cours, go through (some) series of changes; ~ into on, become one; passinge to erthe, becoming earth.