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sunn-ganges

  • adverb
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sunn-ganges, adv.
In the direction of the sun's movement, with the sun
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  • Wende ðé ðonne iii sunganges,

      Lchdm. i. 400, 10.
  • Bebeóde hé hine Gode geornlíce and hine gesénige, cyrre hine sungonges ymb, ii. 116, 9.

  • To move with the sun was considered lucky, to move in the reverse direction unlucky; the latter method is consequently taken by witches in their ceremonies. So Spenser, 'She turned her contrary to the sunne . . . for she the right did shunne.' Cf. Icel. sólar-sinnis

    with the sun

    :-- Þeir höfðu gengit sólarsinniss um goðahús, Droplaugarsona Saga
      11, 4.

  • At sólu prosperously; and-sælis

    against the course of the sun;

    mostly used of witches or uncanny appearances :-- Sá sauðamaðr Gró at hon gékk út, ok gékk andsælis um hus sín ok mælti erfitt mun verða at standa í mot giptu
      Ingimundarsona, Vatnsdæla Saga 59, 4.
  • Cf. also Scotch witkershins, see the examples in Jamieson's Dictionary.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sunn-ganges.” 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/29401.

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