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GÁN

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic gá, ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp. gá, pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];
Wright's OE grammar
§142; §550;
To go, come, walk, happen; īre, grădi, evĕnīre
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  • Uton gán and feligean fremdum godum

    cāmus et sequāmur deos aliēnos,

    • Deut. 13, 1.

  • Gearo to gánne

    ready to go,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 32, 7.

  • Ðú gǽst on ðínum breóste

    sŭper pectus tuum grădiēris,

    • Gen. 3, 14.

  • He on flet gǽþ

    he walks in the court,

    • Beo. Th. 4075
      • ;
    • B. 2034.

  • Gǽþ á wyrd swá hió sceal

    fate goes ever as it must,

    • Beo. Th. 915
      • ;
    • B. 455.

  • Hí gáþ

    they go,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3328
      • ;
    • An. 1667.

  • Gif gé gáþ æfter fremdum godum

    if ye go after strange gods,

    • Deut. 11, 28.

  • He sǽde unc eall swá hit siððan á eóde [or a-eode?]

    he told us all as it always afterwards happened;

    audīvĭmus quidquid postearei prŏbāvit eventus,

    • Gen. 41, 13.

  • Eóde eall seó ceasterwaru togeánes ðam Hǽlende

    tōta cīvĭtas exiit obviam Jesu,

    • Mt. Bos. 8, 34 : Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 478, 12.

  • Sume for hungre heora feóndum on hand eódon

    some for hunger went into the hands of their foes,

    • 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 484, 5.

  • Gá hider

    come hither,

    • Gen. 27, 21.

  • Gáþ eów into ðære cyrcan unforhtlíce

    go into the church fearlessly,

    • Homl. Th. i. 508, 1.
Etymology
[
Wyc. gon, goon, goo
:
Piers P. goon
:
Chauc. gon, goon
:
R. Glouc. goon
:
Laym. Orm. gan
:
Plat. gan, gaan; gaen
:
O. Sax. gán
:
Frs. gean
:
O. Frs. gan
:
Dut. gaan
:
Ger. gehen, gehn
:
M. H. Ger. gán, gén
:
O. H. Ger. gán
:
Dan. gaae
:
Swed. gå
:
Zend. gá, gé to go
:
Sansk. gā to go.
]
Derived forms
a-gán, æfter-, be-, bi-, for-, fóre-, forþ-, ful-, ge-, in-, of-, ofer-, óþ-, þurh-, to-, under-, up-, upp-, út-, wið-, ymb-
Similar entries
v. gangan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GÁN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13263.

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