Gangan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gangan

Take here geongan, and add : I. of movement irrespec-tive of point of departure or destination. (1) on foot">to go on foot, walk :-- Halto geonged claudi ambulant, Lk. L. 7, 22. Mid fōtum gangan, Met. 31, 8. Cōm se Hǣlend ofer þā sǣ gangende (geongende, L.) venie ambitions supra mare, Mt. 14, 25. Ārās ꝥ mægden and geongende (gong-, R.) wæs (ambulabat), Mk. L. 5, 42. (l a) on foot">to go on business :-- Wyrce hē þām hlāforde þe him fore rīde oþþe gange, Ll. Th. i. 232, 21. ¶ gangende to mounted">pedestrian, foot as opposed to mounted :-- Ðā gangendan mænigeo pedestres, Mt. 14, 13. Ǣgþer ge rīdendra ge gangendra here, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 112, 6: Chr. 1085; P. 215, 36. Gan-gendra manna and gehorsedra manna, Hml. S. 25, 556. (2) to move along, proceed (irrespective of mode of progression) :-- Geseah hē, þā hē bi sesse geóng, māddumsigla fela, B. 2756. Hē on orde geóng, 3125. Gif feórrancumen man būton wege gange (if he does not travel on the road), Ll. Th. i. 42, 24. Gif feorcund mon būtan wege geond wudu gonge, 116, I. Gangan ofer foldan wang. Men. 113. Þeóf sceal gangan in þȳstrum wederum, Gn. C. 42. Gangan ford to advance, By. 170. Gangend[e] fēda an army on the march; agmen, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 34, ¶ gangende to inanimate objects">animate or live as opposed to inanimate objects :-- Þīne frumrīpan gangendes (gong-, ) and weaxendes, Ll. Th. i. 52, 31 : Wlfst. 113, 6. Hē sealde him tō bōte gangende feoh, Gen. 2719. (3) to take a specified course (lit. or fig.) :-- Ic on wegum gange þǣr ic þīne gewitnesse wāt. Ps. Th. 118, 14. Ne ic on mægene miclum gange, 130, 2. Gancge, 85, 10. Gang swā, Sat. 701 Gionga in leht mægna ambulare in luce virtutum, Rtl. 37, 5. (3 a) where the course is expressed by an adv. acc. :-- Ealle þe his gedēfne weg gangad omnes qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, I. (4) to be habitually in a specified condition :-- Neb bid hyre æt nytte, niderweard gonged, Rä. 35, 3. Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése od midne sumor, Ll. Th. i. 146, 10. (5) of coinage, &c., to pass, be current :-- Gange ān mynet ofer ealne þæs cynges anweald, Ll. Th. i. 268, 27: 322, 29: Wlfst. 272, 2. (6) to take place :-- Mūda gehwylc mete þearf, mǣl sceolon tīdum gongan every month needs meat, meals there mutt be at proper times, Gn. Ex. 125. (7) of events, to have a specified issue :-- Godes spelbodan sægdon . . . swā hit nū gonged, Gū. 13. Long is tō secganne, hū hyre ealdorsceaft æfter gonged, Rä. 40, 23. II. where movement to depart">from a place is the primary notion. (1) to depart :-- Geongas exeunt, Lk. L. 4, 36. Geong to depart">from mē exi a me, 5, 8. Þæt hē þone mūd ufan mid mettum āfylle, and on ōderne ende him gange þæt meox ūt fram, E. S. viii. 62, 15. Þū mē ne forlēte ūt gangan mid mīnre hātheortan of þisse ceastre, Bl. H. 249, 15. From gonga (geonga, L.) abire, Jn. R. 6, 67. Forleorton geonga dimiserunt, Mk. L. 12, 3. (l a) of death:-- Heora gāst ganged exiet spiritus ejus, Ps. Th. 145, 3. Þonne þæs monnes sāul ūt of his līchoman gangeþ, Bl. H. 195, 9. Ic beó gangende of mīnum līchoman, 139, 19. Gāst gangende spiritus vadens, et non rediens, Ps. Th. 77, 39. III. where the prominent notion is that of destination or direction, (1) of self-originated motion or action, (a) to a place or person">to take one's way, proceed to a place or person, go into a place, move in a specified direction :-- Ic on þīn hūs gange introito in domum tuum, Ps. Th. 65, 12. ' Hwyder wilt þū gangan. ' ' Ic wille gangan tō Rome, ' Bl. H. 191, 16. Hwyder magon gyt gangan to depart">from mīnum willan?, 187, 25. Utan gangan on þissum carcerne, 247, I. Sum sceal on fēde on feorwegas gongan, Vy. 28. (a α) where the destin-ation is given by a clause :-- Ic āna gonge . . . þǣr ic sittan mōt sumor-langne dæg, Kl. 35. Hē gióng þæt hē bi wealle gesæt on sesse, B. 2715, Hēt beornas gangan, þæt hī on þām eástede ealle stōdon, By. 63. (b) where the place mentioned is intended to include what is done there :-- Hió tō setle geóng she took her place at table, B. 2019. (c) where the purpose or motive of going (to a place) is indicated (a) by simple infin. :-- Ic geongo (gongo. R.) gegeruiga iúh styd, Jn. L. 14, 2. Geát geóng sōna tō setles neósan, B. 1785. Gē mōton gangan Hrōdgār geseón, 395. (β) by gerundial infin. :-- Ic geongo (gongo, R.) tō cunnanne dā ilca eo probare ilia, Lk. L. 14, 19. (γ) by a clause :-- Utan gangan þæt wē bysmrigen bendum fæstne, An. 1358. (δ) by a co-ordinated verb, jenerally united to go by and :-- Nū gē rade gangad and findad. . . , El. 372. Gange hē feówra sum tō and odsace. Ll. ' Th. i. 286, 17. ¶ without and :-- Gē nū hrade gangad, sundor āsēcad . . . , El. 406. (ε) by a substantive (with to) denoting or implying an action to be performed :-- Gange ǣlc man þæs tō gewitnesse þe hē durre on þām hāliggdōme swerian, Ll. Th. i. 292, 13. Gange hē tō þām ordāle, 280, 9. Þis folc tō hūsle gange, Bl. H. 207, 6. ꝥ gē tō þȳs hūsle ne gangen ne tō dǣm ordāle, Rtl. 114, 21. (ζ) by a substantive (with on) denot-ing function in which the subject is to be employed or condition into which he enters :-- Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlīdnesse (go and stop as a guest). Ll. Th. i. 38, 12. Gangon hī him on borh, 302, 16. (2) of passive movement, change of condition, &c. (a) to be carried, moved, impelled :-- Monnum þyncd þæt sió sunne on mere gange, Met. 28, 38. In gange mīn bēn on þīnre gesihde, Ps. Th. 118, 170. Gongen hié ealle on þeówot, Ll. Th. i. 106, 17. Þū scealt on eordan gangan, and eft tō eordan weordan, Bl. H. 123, 10. Ān steorra sōna tō setle gangende, Chr. 1097 ; P. 233, 27. (b) to reach, extend :-- Wintres dæg wīde ganged, Men. 202. (c) to pass to a certain condition, become :-- Þū mē scealt edwitt mīn of āwyrpan. þæt mē tō incan āhwǣr ganged, Ps. Th. 118, 39. IV. of movement towards the speaker, to come :-- Gang þū hider in tō mē huc ad me ingredere, Gr. D. 25, 21. Gang mē neár hider, Bl. H. 179, 30. Gangaþ nū tō mē onwolcnum, 157, 25. Hēt him recene tō rīce þeóden his sunu gangan, Gen. 865. V. special use with preps, or adverbs, ūt gangan. (1) on foot">to go to the closet, have an evacuation :-- Hwilum hié wel gelyst ūt gangan, and him þā byrþenne fram āweorpan, Lch. ii. 230, 23. (2) to leave a permanent habitation or occupation :-- Mid swelce hrægle hē in eóde, mid swelce gange hē ūt, Ll. Th. i. 46, 4. v. feld-, fot-, gearu-gangende, and cf. gān. gangan

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