On-gang

Old English Dictionary Entry

On-gang

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 on-gang

m. I. an entrance:--Ongongas ingressus, Ps. Spl. C. 67, 26. II. an irruption, attack, a going with violence:--Ongong incursus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 44: irruptio, 111, 47. Ongeong (-gong, Rush.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13. on-gang

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚷᚪᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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