Obs. Forms as in GO. [f. A- pref. 1 forth, away, out + GO. Cogn. w. OS. âgangan, OHS. irgangan, irgân (mod.G. ergehen), Goth. us-gaggan. Only the pa. pple. agan, agon, agone, ago is common after 1300, and of this the verbal use ceased before 1700, leaving it only as adj. of time: see next.]
1. To go forth, go on, proceed.
a. 1000. Ags. Ps. lxviii. 32. Cealf … þeah þe him úpp-agá horn on heafde.
1297. R. Glouc., 561. Ich mai honge vp min ax, febliche ic abbe agonne.
2. Of time: To depart, pass away, pass.
c. 1000. O. E. Gosp., Mark xvi. 1. Ða sæternes dæʓ wæs agán.
1205. Layam., 24196. Þa æstre wes aȝonge. Ibid., 31889. Þa elleue ȝer weoren onfast aȝeongen.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 2305. Þe day hym was ful neȝ agan.
c. 1435. Torr. Portugal, 65. Ore vij. yere be ago, More schalle we here.
c. 1550. Every man, in Hazl., Dodsl., I. 107. The day passeth, and is almost ago.
3. To go away, depart (from a place).
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 33. Nis nawiht þeos weorld, al heo aȝeð.
c. 1230. Ancren Riwle, 288. Hit kumeð lihtliche, ageð awei lihtliche.
c. 1260. E. E. Poems (1862), 14. Al hir ioi was ago.
c. 1384. Chaucer, H. of Fame, 365. He Was forthe vnto his shippes agoon.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., II. 379. And when thaire huske agooth hem thai beth ripe.
1482. Monk of Evesham (1869), 112. The wownde so clene agonne, that no tokyn of hyt … remaynyd.
1586. Ferne, Blazon of Gentrie, 21. Our sheepe shearing feastes … been all agone.
1674. Marvell, Rehears. Transp., II. 76. The Author therefore … took a great fright lest all were ago.
