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gang-dagas, Add:
days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited. [Cf. the description of 'lætania majora' 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.]
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  • 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.
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. gang-days.
]
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v. gang-wuce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gang-dagas.” 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/46940.

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