Middle English Dictionary Entry
gā̆ngen v.
Entry Info
Forms | gā̆ngen v. Also gongen, (error) ganȝen. P. ging. |
Etymology | OE gangan, gongan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of persons, animals: to walk, travel on foot, go; ~ abouten, wander from place to place; (b) comen ganging, to come walking; riden and ~, ride and walk; speken and ~, talk and walk, pass out of infancy; ganging beste, an animal that walks, ?any land animal; ganging fot, a walking foot; fig. an active person; (c) ~ gate(s, to go (one's) way, depart; ~ message, go on an errand; (d) of persons, animals, things: to move; ride, climb, crawl, fly, etc.; of a plow: move in the field, be in operation; fig. ~ henne, to die; ~ on ground, go on the earth, live; when he mai nought ~, when he is dead; (e) of news: to spread; (f) of money, rent: to come (from a source), be derived or obtained; (g) of the world: to pass (from or into a certain age).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)113.88/2 : Sile drincan on gode wine, & þys si, þane gange to baðe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1228 : Oxe ganngeþþ haȝheliȝ & aldelike lateþþ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12855 : He þær þe Laferrd Crist Sahh ganngenn & nohht stanndenn.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)41/16 : Oððo swa hwar swa heo sy sittende, standende, oððo gangende, æfre beo hniwiende mid hyre heafede.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)144 : Feste ðe of stedefastnesse..& help ðe poure men ðe gangen abuten.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)690 : Þou Mait stonden her to longe, Bute þou swiþe eþen gonge.
- c1390 NHom.Widow's Candle (Vrn)46 : Vre ladi..bad heo schulde rise and gange And offre hire serge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15028 : Þai spred þe strete wit cloth and flur His ass on for to gang [Trin-C: gonge].
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.132 : Anoyed þei were þat symonye & cyuyle shulde on here fet gange.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)4/29 : Gange fra stede til stede wil þai, noure wone lange.
- c1440 Treat.Prayer (Thrn)297 : Knelande and standande, sittande and gangande, lyggand and ryssande.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5047 : If ȝe will gange..a-gayn to ȝoure kniȝtis.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2550 : Sho myght nouthir stande na gang Bot als a beest on all foure.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)149 : To Gang: ire, Ambulare, & cetera; vbi to ga.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)11/74 : Com furth..and let vs gang To worship god.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1114 : On þis ylcan geare wæs swa mycel ebba..swa þat man ferde ridende and gangende ofer Tæmese be eastan þære brigge on Lunden.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)530 : Ðanne cumeð ðer on gangande.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)370 : Hwo micte yeme hise children yunge Til þat he kouþen..Speken and gangen, on horse riden.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2283 : Hwo hors ne hauede, com gangande.
- a1350 St.Alex.(1) (LdMisc 108)25/44 : Þer-after was it nat lange Alex coude speke & gange [Vrn: speke and gonge].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)401 : Al gangand best þe sext day, And adam bath, he wroght on clai.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)1257 : Þer we come gangande als vnwise.
- c1400 PPl.C (Cmb Dd 3.13)19.243 : Gangyng [vr. gangande; Hnt: god cam goynge a-þre ryght by my gate].
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Dom.infra Nativ.(Cmb Gg.5.31)p.76 : So com thar gangand ane old wyf.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)28939 : For gangand fote ay getes fode.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8206 : Thei myght bothe ride & gonge To take her murthe and her solace.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)60 : When this chyld, myldest of mode, Couth spek and gang, he was full goode.
c
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)380/144 : Lay on hym þan hardely, And garre hym gang his gate.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1257 : Þare was nane þat was glad þat message to gange.
- ?c1450 Nicod.(1) (Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.25)1351 : Ryse, satan, ger hym gange his gats.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1110 : Furðor nihtes syððan he [a star] ufor astah; he wæs gesewen on bæc on þat norðwest gangende.
- 1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Ðes ilces geares wæs swa micel orfcwalm..swa þat on þa tun þa wæs tenn ploges oðer twelfe gangende ne belæf þær noht an.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8216 : Teȝȝ..follȝhenn ure Laferrd Crist, Whatt gate summ he ganngeþþ.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)110 : Neddre..Fasteð til..he is lene & mainles & iuele mai gangen.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)177 : Ðe mire is magti..In ðe heruest hardilike gangeð & renneð rapelike & resteð hire seldum.
- c1330 Harrow.H.(Auch)138 : Þe smale deuels..schal among mankin gang.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)509 : Bede sais fra erth to heuen es seuen thusand yeir and hundret seuen, Bi iornes qua þat gang it may, Fourti mile on ilk day.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28858 : Almus thirles heuen..And ganges [Glb: gase] befor þe giuer.
- a1425 Al es bot (Glb E.9)72 : He sal dele at his dore with his awen hand, Whils he mai on his fete in þe wai stand, Els sal he be giled when he mai noght gang.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)11/18 : Make yure stiȝe to he heuin wid yure gode dedis..and gang vp wid þat stiȝe.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)4543 : His stede be-strode, He rod forth..Toward his men gan he gange.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)11/57 : Þe son and þe mone..now grathly gange in ȝour degre.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)2125 : Þei ar so grett on grone to gang, we seme bo[t] barns to þer bodes.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3963 : To god he prayed..he suld noȝt sodanly heyn gang, Bot be pyned in sekenes lang.
e
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2915 : Gret word sal gang of þi vassage If þay þou win hir heritage.
f
- (1429-30) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.79 : A nanuell rent of fyffe marc Gangyng out of ye milnys of Thorpparch.
- (1429-30) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.80 : J will..yat my saydys feffis graunt a nanuell rent of fourty schilyng, gangyng out of ye manirs of folifayt and Acastir Malbys.
g
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2005 : Quen þe werl[d] was gangand Of eild in-to þe [Göt: In elde of þe] thrid thusand.
2.
(a) To be or become; ~ gret, ~ with child, be with child, be pregnant; ~ hal and sound, be well and sound; ~ il, fare badly; ~ in clothes, wear clothes; ~ under, submit to (sth.); ~ withouten felaueshipe, be alone; ~ wod, go mad, become insane; (b) to act or do; ~ of mis, do wrong, go astray; ~ thurgh in (with), [Scot.] to go through with (sth.), proceed with, carry out; ~ to putting, engage in putting the stone; ~ quest, hold an inquiry.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4508 : Whase maȝȝ forrwerrpenn itt [sin]..& gannȝenn unnderr preostess dom To betenn itt wiþþ shriffte [etc.].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10898 : Sco had conceiued of hir husband, Sex monet nu wit child gangand.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)8942 : Hale and sounde miȝt he gange.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)13267 : Ihesu þouȝt hit was ful longe Wiþouten felowshipe to gonge.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)2093 : Thrise has þou bene wode..And if þou gang wode any mare, I sal ger duble al þi care.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6945 : Na clathes þai salle have to gang in.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1509 : Also mote bytyde the As dyde the styward..That gret gyng hys wyf.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)30/246 : I may full ill gang, the soth for to knaw.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)97/11 : For ye with childe in elde gang.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1057 : Wolden he no more to putting gange, But seyde, 'ye [?read: we] dwellen her to longe.'
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)4294 : And sen þou grantes þi werkes wrang, It nedes no quest on þe to gang.
- (1442) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12135 : Sr David Hum and I comonyt wythe the sayd dene John Oll how he suld gang throw in that mater..the sayd dene John sulde gang throw wyth his maters.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)4952 : Þer fader..myȝt noyȝt þem mare of myse to gang.
3.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1285) Assize R.Lan.in LCRS 49217 : Henry Gangeof.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)92 : Vp a sulen arisen and to dome þange [read: gange].
Note: Need form and date, sense 1.(a)
Note: Need x-ref at thange
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)144 : Ore louerd..a-mong heom þare gan ȝongue And ȝaf hire is swete blessingue.
Note: New spelling ?error