"gang" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɑnɡ/, [ɡɑŋɡ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”). Related to Old English gangan (“to go, walk”). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*ǵʰengʰ-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*gang}} Proto-West Germanic *gang, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gangaz}} Proto-Germanic *gangaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*ǵʰengʰ-|t=to step; stride}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”), {{cog|ang|gangan|t=to go, walk}} Old English gangan (“to go, walk”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} gang m, {{ang-noun|m}} gang m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|gang}}, {{ang-decl-noun|gang|gangas|gang|gangas|ganges|ganga|gange|gangum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], gang [nominative, singular], gangas [nominative, plural], gang [accusative, singular], gangas [accusative, plural], ganges [genitive, singular], ganga [genitive, plural], gange [dative, singular], gangum [dative, plural]
  1. going, walking Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gang-ang-noun-tuSXxq6u
  2. path Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gang-ang-noun-oK-fhlv2
  3. walk, gait Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gang-ang-noun-6-TGZHdx Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 26 6 62 6
  4. toilet Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gang-ang-noun-dPf9HPCL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gancg, gong, ġeong, ġiong (english: with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan)
Derived forms: begang (english: path, circuit), bēogang (english: swarm of bees), circgang (english: going to church), earsgang (english: toilet), fæstgangol (english: steadygoing), fēþegang (english: m journey on foot), forþgang (english: progress), gangdæġ (english: gangday), ganghere (english: infantry), gangġeteld (english: portable tent), gangpytt, gangsetl, gangstōl, gangtūn (english: toilet), gangweġ (english: passageway), handgang (english: surrender), heregang (english: army incursion), hūslgang (english: procession of the Eucharist), ingang (english: entrance), niþergang (english: descent), ofergang (english: crossing, transition), samodgang (english: communication between rooms), sulhgang (english: the land which can be gone over by one plough in a day), sunganges (english: moving with the sun), tōgang (english: access), ūpgang (english: ascent, rise), ūtgang (english: exit, departure), wīdgangol (english: wandering, roving), ymbgang (english: circuit, circumference)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "path, circuit",
      "word": "begang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "swarm of bees",
      "word": "bēogang"
    },
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      "english": "going to church",
      "word": "circgang"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "toilet",
      "word": "earsgang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "steadygoing",
      "word": "fæstgangol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "m journey on foot",
      "word": "fēþegang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "progress",
      "word": "forþgang"
    },
    {
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      "english": "gangday",
      "word": "gangdæġ"
    },
    {
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      "english": "infantry",
      "word": "ganghere"
    },
    {
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      "english": "portable tent",
      "word": "gangġeteld"
    },
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      "word": "gangpytt"
    },
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      "word": "gangsetl"
    },
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      "word": "gangstōl"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "english": "procession of the Eucharist",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "english": "moving with the sun",
      "word": "sunganges"
    },
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      "english": "access",
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    },
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      "english": "ascent, rise",
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      "english": "exit, departure",
      "word": "ūtgang"
    },
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      "english": "wandering, roving",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ɡɑnɡ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɡɑŋɡ]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "vi:Units of measure"
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      "english": "path, circuit",
      "word": "begang"
    },
    {
      "english": "swarm of bees",
      "word": "bēogang"
    },
    {
      "english": "going to church",
      "word": "circgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "toilet",
      "word": "earsgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "steadygoing",
      "word": "fæstgangol"
    },
    {
      "english": "m journey on foot",
      "word": "fēþegang"
    },
    {
      "english": "progress",
      "word": "forþgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "gangday",
      "word": "gangdæġ"
    },
    {
      "english": "infantry",
      "word": "ganghere"
    },
    {
      "english": "portable tent",
      "word": "gangġeteld"
    },
    {
      "word": "gangpytt"
    },
    {
      "word": "gangsetl"
    },
    {
      "word": "gangstōl"
    },
    {
      "english": "toilet",
      "word": "gangtūn"
    },
    {
      "english": "passageway",
      "word": "gangweġ"
    },
    {
      "english": "surrender",
      "word": "handgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "army incursion",
      "word": "heregang"
    },
    {
      "english": "procession of the Eucharist",
      "word": "hūslgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "entrance",
      "word": "ingang"
    },
    {
      "english": "descent",
      "word": "niþergang"
    },
    {
      "english": "crossing, transition",
      "word": "ofergang"
    },
    {
      "english": "communication between rooms",
      "word": "samodgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "the land which can be gone over by one plough in a day",
      "word": "sulhgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "moving with the sun",
      "word": "sunganges"
    },
    {
      "english": "access",
      "word": "tōgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "ascent, rise",
      "word": "ūpgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "exit, departure",
      "word": "ūtgang"
    },
    {
      "english": "wandering, roving",
      "word": "wīdgangol"
    },
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      "english": "circuit, circumference",
      "word": "ymbgang"
    }
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      "glosses": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "toilet"
      ],
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          "toilet",
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        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡɑnɡ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɡɑŋɡ]"
    }
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      "word": "gong"
    },
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      "word": "ġeong"
    },
    {
      "english": "with initial /j/ after palatalised past forms of gangan",
      "word": "ġiong"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gang"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.