eldertongue

Old English · verb

togan

Normalised tōgān

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/toːˈɡɑːn/
Syllables
toː · ˈɡɑːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
togodirectionssunderedasunderdifferent

Meaning

  1. to go in different directions, part, separate; go asunder

  2. to be sundered, part

    Þā cwæð sē Ælmihtiġa tō Moysen, "Āstreċe ðīne hand ofer ðā sǣ, and tōdǣl hī." And Moyses ðā slōh þǣre sǣ ofer mid his ġyrde, and sēo sǣ tōēode on twā, and eal þæt Israhela folc ēode ofer ðā sǣ bē drīum grunde, and þæt wæter stōd him on twā healfa swilċe ōðer stānweall.

    Then the Almighty said to Moses: "Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it." And then Moses struck the sea with his staff, and the sea divided in two, and all the Israelites crossed over the sea on dry ground, and the water stood in two halves like stone walls.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  3. to disperse, go away, go in many directions

Conjugation

Conjugation of togan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular tōgātōēode
2nd singular tōgǣsttōēodest
3rd singular tōgǣþtōēode
Plural tōgāþtōēodon
Subjunctive
Singular tōgātōēode
Plural tōgāntōēoden
Non-finite forms of togan
Form
Infinitive tōgān
Inflected infinitive tōgānne
Imperative singular tōgā
Imperative plural tōgāþ
Present participle tōgānde
Past participle tōgān

All forms (11)

Etymology

From tō- + gān. Cognate with Old High German zigān (German zergehen).

Descendants

togo

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