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Old English · verb

gangan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class VII
IPA
/ˈɡɑn.ɡɑn/
[ˈɡɑŋ.ɡɑn]
Syllables
ˈɡɑn · ɡɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
go forthpass throughturn outgo awaygogangwalk

Meaning

  1. to go, walk

    Frȳnd sind on eorþan, lēofe lifġende, leġer weardiað, þonne iċ on ūhtan āna gonge under āctrēo ġeond þās eorðsċrafu.

    Friends are in earth, dear living, who hold bed then I go alone on the dawn under the oak tree over this earthen-cave.

    10th century, The Wife's Lament:
  2. to move, pass through, go forth, proceed

  3. to go away, depart, leave

  4. to come

  5. to turn out

Conjugation

Conjugation of gangan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular gangeġēngġīeng
2nd singular gengstġēngeġīenge
3rd singular gengþġēngġīeng
Plural gangaþġēngonġīengon
Subjunctive
Singular gangeġēngeġīenge
Plural gangenġēngenġīengen
Non-finite forms of gangan
Form
Infinitive gangan
Inflected infinitive gangenne
Imperative singular gang
Imperative plural gangaþ
Present participle gangende
Past participle gangenġegangen

All forms (18)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gangan. Cognate with Old Frisian ganga, Old Saxon gangan, Old Dutch *gangan, Old High German gangan, Old Norse ganga, Gothic (gaggan).

Descendants

gang

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