(a) Of a person or creature: walked; also, was able to walk [quot. c1440]; ~ on fot, ~ on his fet, ~ upright, etc.; ~ afote, was on foot; (b) walked (in a certain manner); (c) in generalizing expressions: rode or (and) ~, sat stode or ~; (d) ~ in (on, upon) erthe, ~ on bones, ~ on fot, ~ abrode, moved and lived, was alive, lived;—also refl.

(a) Traveled, proceeded, went; ~ amonges, walked around; ~ biforen; ~ hider (thider, etc.); ~ tosamen, togederes ~, came together; (b) wandered, roamed; ~ abouten; ~ wil; (c) rode (in a chariot); sailed (in a ship); (d) with adverbs of direction: ~ awei; ~ ayen; ~ forth;—also refl.; ~ hom (hom-ward); ~ in, entered; also in fig. context; ~ in biforen, first entered; ~ nether; ~ oute; ~ up; ~ up or doun, went anywhere; ~ upward…~ doun-ward, went here…went there.

With selected common prep. phrases: (a) ~ abouten, made a circuit through (an area); ~ after (for), pursued (sb.); ~ ayen (ayenes, toyenes, unto, with), went to (sb.); ~ in-to (in-til), entered (a place, building, etc.); ~ to, approached (sb., a city, etc.);—also refl.; (b) ~ after, went behind (sb.); ~ bi, passed by (sb.); traveled next to (a mate); ~ biforen, preceded (sb.); ~ bisides, accompanied (sb.);—used fig.; ~ bitwene, moved between (people); ~ mid, went with (sb. or sth.); ~ with, accompanied (sb.).

In idiomatic prep. phrases: (a) ~ bi gate, traveled along a road; ~ in ambassade, went on a diplomatic mission; ~ in (o) pilgrimage, went on pilgrimage; ~ in werre, went to war (against sb.); ~ on gate ward, ?went on the way, traveled; ~ o processioun, went in a religious procession; ~ to the note, went to join the expedition; (b) ~ to (in-to, on) ship, boarded ship;—also refl.; ~ to (o) lond, went ashore; (c) ~ oute of the wei, went here and there, wandered around.

In conventionalized expressions, often with diminished semantic force: as he (she) ~, as he (she) went; as thei yeden, where they stood; ther-as he ~, everywhere he went, wherever he went; wher-ever ich (he) ~, wher-sum-ever she ~, wher-ever (wher-sum) thei yeden, ther thei yeden, etc., wherever I (he, she, they) went.

(a) Went to (sb.); (b) traveled (a road, a certain road or path); also, traversed (the breadth or thickness of the earth) [last quot.]; (c) ~ pase, went at (a certain) pace.

(a) Departed, went away; set out;—also refl.; also, went (on one’s way) [quot. a1382, 1st]; ~ awei, departed; also, left alive [quot. a1470, 2nd]; ~ henne (oute, withouten); (b) departed (from a person or place), set forth; went (out of a body or a place); ~ awei; (c) ~ wei (gate), took (one’s) leave, went (one’s) way.

(a) Of a ship: sailed; ~ awei; (b) of a plow: moved across the soil; (c) of an object: slipped, slid; (d) of a heavenly body: moved in the sky; ~ adoun, ~ to glade (reste, softnesse), of the sun: went down, set; ~ awei, of a cloud: dissipated; (e) of a stream, a liquid: flowed, ran; ~ oute; (f) pierced, penetrated; also fig.; also, passed (through the ears).

(a) Descended; fell; stepped (out of a bath), got (down from a boat), etc.; ~ doun; ~ asonder (atwinne), separated from each other; ~ doun the water, was carried downstream; (b) ~ doun, of hair: extended downward, grew; (c) climbed (up into a saddle).

Went (to heaven, hell, etc.); also, went (to join a person already deceased) [last quot.].

Of a message, reputation, etc.: traveled, was borne; of an emotion: passed (out of one’s thought); ~ awei (oute); ~ abouten, circulated; ~ neigh hire herte, touched her deeply.

(a) Passed (into, out of, or through a state or condition); ~ to shond, went to ruin; (b) of an object: ~ in peces (in sonder, on sprotes), burst into pieces; of an abstraction: ~ oute of kinde, ?was lost to the natural descendants; ~ to loste (nought), went to ruin; (c) of old age, fear: came (upon sb. or a community); also, passed (over one’s head), acted (upon one’s head); of fortune: departed (from sb.).

(a) Lived or conducted oneself (in a certain way); ~ abouten (forth); ~ after, acted in accordance with (God’s teachings, God’s will, one’s intent); of behavior: followed (Christ’s example); (b) ~ after (to, til), pursued (God, vanity, etc.); also in fig. context [1st quot.]; (c) ~ abak from, abandoned (God); ~ awei bak-wardes, relapsed into sin or error, backslid; ~ onyenes, acted against (God or his will); (d) ~ weies, pursued a course of life.

(a) Set out for the purpose of engaging in an activity; set out (to do sth.); also, proceeded (to do sth.);—also refl.; ~ further, continued an activity; ~ til (to); ~ pleiinge (on huntinge, etc.), went playing (hunting, etc.); ~ walkinge (wandringe), went walking (wandering); (b) busied oneself (about sth.); (c) with prep. phrases beginning with in, o, on, and to: ~ o ring, ~ on almesse, ~ to bataille, ~ to werk, etc., went circle dancing (begging, etc.), went to a fight (work, etc.); ~ to mete, went to eat; ~ to reste, refl. went to rest; (d) with diminished force, in conjunction with another verb which conveys the more vivid verbal sense: ~ and did (sat, tok, etc.), went and did (sat, took, etc.); ~ in and tok.

(a) Died, perished; came to an end; also, was extinguished; of a flood: subsided; ~ awei; ~ hethen; ~ oute; ~ to ded; (b) of a period of time: passed, elapsed; ended; ~ awei (bitwixe, forth); ~ of toun, of a month: passed, ended.

In phrase: ~ oute, issued forth (from sth.); also, came out, was born; came out (of a body).

In selected fig. phrases: (a) ~ abouten, encircled (sb.), beset; ~ ayen (ayenes), went against (an opponent), went to contend with; ~ neigh (ner), attacked (sb.); ~ on (upon), set upon (sb.), attacked; ~ oute unto, set out to encounter (an opponent); ~ togederes, set upon one another; ~ to honde, advanced to close quarters; (b) ~ doun (adoun, loue, to erthe, to ground), suffered defeat, was losing; also, fell in death; (c) ~ lithere (to harm) on honde, did evil or harm (to sb.); ~ on honde, yielded (to sb.), submitted [1st quot.]; ~ to (the) sword, went to the sword, were killed; (d) ~ in counseile, provided counsel; ~ on bote, served as expiation (for sth.); ~ to leve, remained; ~ to live, survived; ~ withouten dai, law departed the court with a definitive successful verdict; (e) ~ biforen, of day (versus night): went first or earlier; ~ for, of money: availed for (sb.), did any good for; ~ oute, originated, arose; also, passed the trial, was discharged, was exonerated [quot. a1382, 2nd]; ~ toforen, preexisted (sth.); ~ under, underwent (sth.).

(a) Lived (in a certain condition, state of mind, etc.), remained; also, dwelled (among a class of people); (b) was (in a condition of dress or undress);—also refl.; ~ bar-fot, ~ naked, etc.; (c) ~ with child, was pregnant; (d) transpired, came about, happened; also, stood, fared; (e) ~ at large oute of warde, was at liberty, was free to come and go; ~ in bekkes of eien, cultivated a habit of affected winking; also, with diminished semantic force: ~ on the lond, stood on the ground, was there.

Extended in space, reached, projected.