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== Nynorn ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Shetland use ===
{{Jakobsen/s}}'''geng''' [gɛŋ, gæŋ, g{{sup|i}}ɛŋ, ꬶɛŋ, ꬶæŋ], {{nornabr|sb.|substantive}}, 1) ''a going''; ''gait,'' {{nornabr|esp.|especially}} in the {{nornabr|exprs.|expressions}} “here [‘barley’]'''-g.'''”, “ait [‘oat’]'''-g.'''”, applied to the going of the mill: a) in grinding barley: more slowly (bere'''-g.'''); b) in grinding oats: more quickly (ait'''-g.'''); to set de mill till a bere'''-g.''' or ait'''-g.'''; {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nobr|(bere-,}} {{nobr|ait-)}} {{nornsp|lag}}{{sup|1}}, {{nornabr|sb.|substantive}} 2) ''a thoroughfare,'' in the {{nornabr|compd.}} “t’rough{{nornsp|geng}}”, ''thoroughfare;'' {{nornabr|Du.|Dunrossness}} [trɔwꞏꞏgæŋꞏ]. 3) ''times''; ''circuit''; ''row''; {{nornabr|esp.|especially}} ''a row of loops or stitches round or across something knitted or plaited'' (stockings; shawls; mats; baskets, {{nornabr|etc.}}); a '''g.''' o’ loops; to mak’ a '''g.''' upon a sock, hap ''(shawl),'' flakki ''(mat),'' kessi ''(basket).'' 4) ''one of the bands'' ({{nornabr|comm.}} made of rush or bentgrass), ''crossing round a'' kessi, ''plaited between the straw-bands,'' = {{nornsp|band}}. 5) ''a single row, dug by spade, across a cultivated patch of land;'' to {{nornsp|set}} de '''g.''' ({{nornabr|Ai.|Aithsting}}), ''to plant potatoes right across a cultivated patch of land,'' = to {{nornsp|bet}} de {{nornsp|roddek}} ({{nornabr|Nm.|Northmavine}}). 6) ''a floor,'' = {{nornsp|gang}} 1 b; {{nornabr|Flad.}}, {{nornabr|Conn.|Conningsburgh}} — {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} gangr, {{nornabr|m.|masculine}}, ''a going, walking,'' gang, {{nornabr|n.}}, ''a road,'' {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} gang, {{nornabr|sb.|substantive}}, ''a passage; alley,'' {{nornabr|etc.}} The developed vowel-sound “ɛ, æ”, in the {{nornabr|Shetl.}} word, is {{nornabr|prob.}} due to {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} {{nornabr|infl.}}; see under the verb {{nornsp|geng}}.{{Jakobsen/m}}'''geng''' [gɛŋ, gæŋ (g{{sup|i}}ɛŋ, ꬶɛŋ, ꬶæŋ)], {{nornabr|vb.|verb}}, ''to go,'' {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga, {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} gang, geng, {{nornabr|vb.|verb}}, denotes both “to go” and “to walk”. The {{nornabr|foll.}} meanings, {{nornabr|orig.}} from Norn, may be noted: a) ''to swell; overflow,'' of water in a stream; de burn is gaun [‘going’]; b) ''to break heavily; to be in uproar,'' of the sea, {{nornabr|esp.|especially}} of surf on a sunken rock: de {{nornsp|ba}} is gaun; see {{nornsp|ba}}{{sup|1}}, {{nornabr|sb.|substantive}}; c) of a current of air, sound-waves: ''to go''; ''stream; roll;'' de {{nornsp|grittin}} is gaun, ''the thunder is rolling;'' of the entrails, guts: ''to rumble;'' de dog’s guts is [‘are’] gaun. {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga, {{nornabr|vb.|verb}}, inter alia, ''to flow; stream;'' also of sound-waves (lúðrar ganga, ''the trumpets are sounding);'' ganga 14 in Fr.; ganga yfir, ''to overflow;'' ganga upp, ''to increase,'' of wind and water (water in a river); {{nornabr|cf.}} in the {{nornabr|foll.}} {{nornabr|Shetl.}} {{nornsp|geng}} {{nornsp|op}} and “geng {{nornsp|ower}}”. Note also the use of {{nornsp|geng}} in certain modes of {{nornabr|exprs.|expressions}} such as: shø [‘she’] is sae [‘so’], at shø is gaun [‘going’] aboot, ''she is not quite well, but fairly well'' (really: ''she is well enough to go about);'' he is no gane [‘not gone’] to come, ''he will hardly come'' ({{nornabr|N.I.}}), a gaun cauld, ''an infectious cold.'' — In phrases with {{nornabr|preps.|prepositions}} and {{nornabr|advs.|adverbs}}: “'''g.''' {{nornsp|aboot}}”, in a special sense: of wind, ''to shift about or turn''; ''to go about,'' — {{nornabr|No.}} ganga um; {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornsp|aboot-gaan}}, {{nornabr|pres. part.|present participle}} and {{nornabr|adj.}} — '''g.''' {{nornsp|aff}}: a) ''to go off; pass away,'' = {{nornabr|Fær.}} ganga av; b) ''to leave off;'' {{nornabr|e.g.}} of mood, anger, hot temper, to '''g.''' aff o’ ane, = {{nornabr|Fær.}} ganga av; c) ''to accomplish a heavy piece of work,'' {{nornabr|e.g.}} de {{nornsp|vor}} ''(the field-work in spring);'' rare; more {{nornabr|comm.}} {{nornsp|afgeng}} as a substantive ({{nornabr|q.v.}}); d) ''to leave a surplus'', — {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga af (meaning 5 in Fr.). — '''g.''' {{nornsp|afore}}: a) to '''g.''' afore de hill, ''to descend the hill, slope'' ({{nornabr|M.|Mainland}}); {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} “(ganga) fyrir” in sense of ''(to go) over the edge'' (fyrir brekku, ofan fyrir brekkuna; see fyrir 2 in Fr.); b) to '''g.''' afore de craig [‘crag’] or sten, ''to fall (from the crag) into the sea'' (U{{sup|n}}.), in {{nornabr|Fo.|Foula}} with omission of the governed word: '''g.''' afore (understood: de “banks”, craig, {{nornabr|etc.}}), ''to fall from the steep cliff or precipice'' ({{nornabr|esp.|especially}} in a fowling-cliff) ''and perish in the sea''; in same sense {{nornabr|Icel.}} ganga fyrir björg, {{nornabr|Icel.}} and {{nornabr|Fær.}} fara fyri(r) bakka; see {{nornsp|afore}}, {{nornabr|prep.}} and {{nornabr|adv.}} — '''g.''' {{nornsp|at}}, a) ''to set upon; to attack; to go at,'' {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga at; b) ''to set about doing something'', {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga at; c) of wind: '''g.''' op or nort’ at, sooth at, ''to become northerly, southerly,'' see {{nornsp|at}}, {{nornabr|prep.}} — '''g.''' {{nornsp|frae}}, a) ''to be taken from'' (as a part of something), ''to make an exception of'', {{nornabr|occas.}} = {{nornabr|No.}} ganga fraa and {{nornabr|Fær.}} ganga av ({{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga frá, ''to part with or to be deprived of something);'' b) ''to die,'' of cattle ({{nornabr|U{{sup|wg}}.}}), = '''g.''' {{nornsp|till}} ({{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga af, ''to go off,'' inter alia ''to die).'' — '''g.''' {{nornsp|fram}}, see {{nornsp|fram}}, {{nornabr|adv.}} I 2. — '''g.''' {{nornsp|op}}: a) ''to rise;'' b) of the sea near the shore, of surf: ''to heave, break high;'' the substantive {{nornsp|uppgeng}} ({{nornabr|q.v.}}) is more common; {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga upp, of water (a stream): ''to increase,'' {{nornabr|No.}} ganga upp; c) ''to come to an end,'' in {{nornabr|perf. part.}} “gane {{nornsp|op}}” = gane {{nornsp|ut}}; see {{nornsp|op}}, {{nornabr|adv.}}; {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga upp, ''to use up; to be consumed;'' d) gane [‘gone’] {{nornsp|op}} {{nornsp|at}}, of wind; see {{nornabr|prec.}} “'''g.''' {{nornsp|at}}”. — '''g.''' {{nornsp|ower}}: a) = geng {{nornsp|op}} b, of the sea, surf ({{nornabr|Conn.|Conningsburgh}}); {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornsp|owergeng}}, {{nornabr|sb.|substantive}}; b) ''to go beyond all bounds; go too far;'' dat or yon [‘that’] {{nornsp|gengs}} {{nornsp|ower}}; {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga yfir, inter alia, ''to exceed; surpass'' (meaning 4 in Fr.), ''to overflow the banks'' (meaning 7 in Fr.); {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornsp|owergeng}}, {{nornabr|vb.|verb}}; c) ''to discuss; go over,'' {{nornabr|Fær.}} ganga ivir. — '''g.''' {{nornsp|till}}, ''to perish; to die,'' {{nornabr|esp.|especially}} of young, weak animals; I tink de calf or de lamb is gaun [‘going’] till, ''I think that the calf or lamb is going to die'' ({{nornabr|U.|Unst}}); {{nornabr|No.}} ganga til, inter alia, ''to perish;'' {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ({{nornabr|Icel.}}) ganga til heljar, {{nornabr|id.}} — '''g.''' {{nornsp|togedder}} [‘together’], ''to settle'' (of a connection, agreement, compromise, {{nornabr|etc.}}), = {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga saman. — '''g.''' {{nornsp|under}}, a) ''to take a burden on one’s back,'' = {{nornabr|Fær.}} ganga undir; b) ''to pledge oneself to something, to submit to,'' — {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga undir. — '''g.''' {{nornsp|ut}}: a) ''(to go out) to begin the field-work in spring,'' de {{nornsp|vor}}, ''to cultivate the ground in spring'' ({{nornabr|Y{{sup|b}}.}}); b) ''to come to an end or to be worn out;'' de {{nobr|(corn-)rig}} is gane [‘gone’] ut, ''that patch of arable land has been exhausted, it cannot yield more'' ({{nornabr|U{{sup|n}}.}}); de day guid [‘went’] ut, ''the day passed'' ({{nornabr|Fe.|Fetlar}}); {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga út, ''to come to an end'' (meaning 4 in Fr.); {{nornabr|Fær.}} útgingin; {{nornabr|Da.}} udgaaet = ''run short;'' c) ''to have a (definite, foretold) result; to be verified,'' of a prophecy. — '''g.''' {{nornsp|wi}}’ or {{nornsp|with}} [wɩþ]: a) ''to go on (in spite of opposition); to endure,'' '''g.''' {{nornsp|wi}}’; I maun [‘must’] '''g.''' sae [‘so’] wi’ ({{nornabr|Sa.|Sandness}}); {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga við, ''to be about; make progress'' (meaning 4 in Fr.); b) ''to decline; waste away; to be enfeebled'' ({{nornabr|N.I.}}), '''g.''' {{nornsp|wi}}’ or (more {{nornabr|comm.}}) {{nornsp|with}}; {{nornabr|No.}} ganga (gaa) ved (R.); {{nornabr|Sw. dial.|Swedish dialect}} ganga med or ved (ga me, gå vä: Ri.), ''to perish; die;'' c) ''to own up; confess,'' to '''g.''' {{nornsp|wi}}’ onyting ({{nornabr|U{{sup|n}}.}}); {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga við, ''to own up; confess'' (meaning 2 in Fr.). — “geng” is most {{nornabr|prob.}} to be regarded as a {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} form (Jam.: gang, geng) as the {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} {{nobr|“-ang”}} in {{nornabr|Shetl.}} is {{nornabr|comm.}} preserved as {{nobr|“-ang}} [aŋ]” or {{nobr|“-ong}} [åŋ, ɔŋ!”- The {{nornabr|Fær.}} form “genga [gæŋga]”, = ganga, is doubtless an accidental parallelism. An ancient form {{nornsp|gonga}} [gɔŋga], {{nornsp|gonge}} [gɔŋgə], = {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} ganga, is found preserved in a few {{nornabr|Shetl.}} Norn fragments from {{nornabr|Fe.|Fetlar}} and {{nornabr|U.|Unst}} (see Introd.). In Hildina-ballad: gonga.{{Jakobsen/e}}

=== Pronunciation ===
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=== Alternate Forms ===
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=== Verb ===
;ganga
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==== Inflection ====
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==== Synonyms ====
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== Sources ==
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