gan
VERB · Old English
Experimental / limited support
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The corpus records 3 senses of gan. Each sense below has its own Add to list, so you choose the one you mean.
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms, examples and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
Old English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 1 source-backed word in Old English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: to go From a source of medium confidence.
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No example is recorded for this sense.
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Definition: to walk From a source of medium confidence.
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No example is recorded for this sense.
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Definition: to enter From a source of medium confidence.
No translation has been attempted for this sense.
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No paradigm has been compiled for this word yet.
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave”). The verb was defective in Germanic and may have existed only in the present tense. From a source of medium confidence.
No related word is recorded for this word.