Word Study
gan (root: gin)
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Began; commenced. [1913 Webster]
" Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne."
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"This man gan fall (i.e. , fell) in great suspicion."
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"The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e. , hied)."
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"Yet at her speech their rages gan relent."
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