förgå

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oː

Verb

förgå

  1. to vanish, to pass, to cease, to run out, to die
    Hans tålamod förgick.
    His patience ran out.
    Den rysliga natten förgick, och morgonen inbröt.
    The dreadful night passed, and the morning came.
    förgicks allt kött som rörde sig på jorden
    And all flesh died that moved upon the earth (Genesis 7:21)
  2. (reflexive) to go too far, to overshoot oneself, to commit a crime
    Jag har förgått mig, då jag nämnde det.
    I have o'ershot myself to tell you of it (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act 3, scene 2)

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