Old English · noun
gang
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ɡɑnɡ/[ɡɑŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ɡɑnɡ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- goinggonggoungwalkinggaitgangtoiletwalk
Meaning
-
going, walking
-
path
Þonne from fēowerum foldan sċēatum, þām ȳtemestum eorþan rīċes, englas ælbeorhte on efen blāwað bȳman on brehtme. Beofað middanġeard, hrūse under hæleþum. Hlȳdað tōsomne, trume ond torhte, wið tungla gong, singað ond swinsiaþ sūþan ond norþan, ēastan ond westan, ofer healle ġesċeaft.
Then from the four corners of the world, from the outmost of Earth’s kingdom, all-bright angels will blow together on trumpets in one song. Middle-earth, the ground under men, will shiver. Strong and shiny, they will resound together with the path of stars, sing and bring melody from the south and from the north, from the east and from the west, over the whole creation.
10th century, Christ III: -
walk, gait
-
toilet
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Related to Old English gangan (“to go, walk”).
Descendants
gang, gong, goung
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