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
-
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: -
to move, pass through, go forth, proceed
-
to go away, depart, leave
-
to come
-
to turn out
Conjugation
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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