Gang

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

geng, gong, gung, es;

GANG

m. I. GANG, going, journey, step, way, path, passage, course (of time); ĭter, grădus, gressus, incessus, ambŭlātio, sēmĭta :-- Beswícan gangas [MS. M. stepas] míne supplantāre gressus meos, Ps. Spl. C. 139, 5. Mínne gang gressum meum, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Ganges, Beo. Th. 1940; B. 968. Him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang to heofonum to teach them the way of life and the right path to heaven, Blickl. Homl. l09, 18. Ðíne gangas gressus tui, Ps. Th. 67, 23. Fóta gangas pedum gressus, 72, 1. Míne gangas meæ sēmĭtæ, 138, 2. On ðære eá gang in the river's course, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 13. Heó freó on hira fóta gangum blíðe hám wæs hweorfende ipsa lībĕro pĕdum incessu dŏmum læta reversa est; Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 33. Heora geára gang anni eorum, Ps. Th. 77, 32. Geára gongum in the course of years, Elen. Kmbl. 1292; El. 648. II. a passage, drain, privy; latrīna, secessus :-- Gang latrīna, secessus, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 121; Wrt. Voc. 58, 33. Ðonne hint to gange lyst when he desires the privy, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 23 : L. Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 6 : Homl. Th. i. 290, 19. [Orm. gang a journey : Prompt. gong latrina : Scot. gang a journey : O. Sax. gang, m : O. Frs. gong, gung, m : Dut. Ger. gang, m : M. H. Ger. ganc, m : O. H. Ger. gang, m : Goth. gaggs, m : Dan. gang, m. f : Swed. gång, m. time : Icel. gangr, m; göng, n. pl. a passage.] DER. be-gang, -gong, bi, eder-, embe-, féðe-, forþ-, ge-, hin-, hláf, húsel-, in-, on-, setl-, stal-, stepe-, to-, up-, út-, wæfer-, ymb-, ymbe-. gang