wel bigon

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wel-begon. See English well and begone.

Adjective

wel bigon

1. Surrounded with happiness or prosperity.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     And faire, and riche, and yong, and wel bigon

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “wel-begone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.