"gang" meaning in Scots

See gang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɡɑŋ/ Forms: gangs [present, singular, third-person], gaun [participle, present], gaed [past], gaen [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan, Old Norse ganga, with inflected forms from Old English gān (like English go). Etymology templates: {{root|sco|ine-pro|*ǵʰengʰ-|*ǵʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|gangen}} Middle English gangen, {{der|sco|ang|gangan}} Old English gangan, {{der|sco|non|ganga}} Old Norse ganga, {{cog|ang|gan|gān}} Old English gān Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|gangs|present participle|gaun|simple past|gaed|past participle|gaen|head=}} gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen), {{sco-verb|gangs|gaun|gaed|gaen}} gang (third-person singular simple present gangs, present participle gaun, simple past gaed, past participle gaen)
  1. To go. Synonyms: gae, gan, gyang, ging
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Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1794, Robert Burns, A Red, Red, Rose:",
          "text": "And I will love thee still, my dear\nTill a’ the seas gang dry.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
          "text": "\"There you gang,\" she cries, \"troking wi' thae wearifu' Pharisees o' Caulds, whae daurna darken your mither's door. A bonnie dutiful child, quotha! Wumman, hae ye nae pride?—no even the mense o' a tinkler-lass?\"",
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      "word": "gae"
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      "word": "gyang"
    },
    {
      "word": "ging"
    }
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  "word": "gang"
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