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Add: days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited. [Cf. the description of ' lætania majora'
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  • On ðǽm dæge eall Godes folc mid eáðmódlice relicgonge sceal God biddan ꝥ hé him forgefe ðone geár siblice tíd, and smyltelico gewidra, and genihtsume wæstmas, and heora líchoman trym-nysse,

      Shrn. 74, 9-12.
    ] :-- Se móna on gangdagum ne mæg beón iungra þonne án and twéntig uihta eald, ne yldra þonne nigon and xxtig, Angl. viii. 324, 35.
  • Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud swylce on gangdagan. Vis. Lfc. 11.
  • Cómon þá scipo tó þám gangdagum (gan-,

    v. l.

    ),
      Chr. 1016; P. 149, 3.
  • Tó þám gongdagan,

      1063; P. 191, 9.
  • Ofer Eástron ymbe gangdagas oþþe ǽr, 892 ; P. 82, 30.
  • Sé þe stalað . . . on Gang-dagas . . . wé willað . . . sié twybóte. Ll. Th. i. 64, 24.
  • Bútan wíte oð Gongdagas,

      222, 23.
  • Inne ðá háli wuca æt Gangdagas

    in sancta ebdo-mada rogationum

    ,
      C. D. iv. 209, 18.
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[v. N. E. D. gang-days.]
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v. gang-wuce.
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