The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)

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gan, gane. See gain, pres. p.

gan, gon, with infinitive: began, did.

gane, II, 26, 11: serve, suffice. See gain.

gane, p. p. of gae, go. See gaen.

gane, III, 281, 14: p. p. of gae, give. See gaen.

gane frae, IV, 378, 3: gone ahead of, left behind.

gang, gange, gaeng, gieng, I, 55, A 5; 57, 4; 68 f., 21, 37, 46; 75, 36, 39; 217, 16; II, 175, 13; 468 f., 13, 14, 38, 39; III, 75, 397; V, [16], 2, 5: go, walk. pret. yede, yeede, yeed, yed, ȝede, yode, yod, youd. p. p. gaen, gain, gane, gaed, gade, gad, gaid, gude, good. inf. also, gon, gone. p. p. ganged: III, 362, 102. See gae.

gang, gae, go down: IV, 11, 9, 12; 12, C 6, 7; 518, 2: like the Scottish be put down, be hanged.

gantrees, II, 369, 11; 370, 11: barrel-stands.

gar, gaur, I, 100, 8; 127, 15; 130, 8; 397, D 9, 11, 13; II, 115, 30, 31; 153, 16; 358, 17, 22-24: (Icel. göra) make do, cause. as auxiliary, gar lay, I, 5, D 1: do lay, lay. So II, 106, 11; 107, 19; 216, 3, 4.