Middle English Dictionary Entry
ingā̆ng, ingō̆ng n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ingā̆ng, ingō̆ng n. Also engang. |
| Etymology | From gā̆ng , gō̆ng. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. inyong.
1.
(a) Entrance, ingress; fig. beginning; (b) permission to enter, admission; (c) entryway, porch.
Associated quotations
a
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þis was his in gang; of his ut gang ne cunne we iett noht seggon.
- a1250 SWard (Tit D.18)5/33 : Is eauer hire unþeaw forto sechen ingong abute þe wahes to amurðren hire þrinne.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)27/10 : Þuruh eie þurles deað haueð ingong into þe soule.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)120.8 : Lauerd yheme þine ingange [L introitum] and þine outgange, Fra hethen and in to werlde lange.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)35/22 : Ȝif þei prees to þe ȝate ingange to haue, God hymself to hem schal seye: 'ȝee are comen al to late.'
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)120.8 : Lord kepe thin ingange [L introitum] and thin outgange.
b
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)6.114 : It is wel hard..To gete ingang [vrr. inganges, ingonge; C: engang] at any gate but grace be þe more.
c
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)200 : He enterid in to the yerde, & yede in to the In-gange [vr. entre], scil. in to the porche.