A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1425-1474, 1545-1596
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Toganging, -yn(g, -eng, vbl. n. [To- prefix2 and Ganging vbl. n. 2. Cf. OE togangan.] The setting (of the sun).1425 Coll. Aberd. & B. 525.
The ryseyng and the toganging of the sone 1428 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 461.
On a day betuen the sonn rysyng and to gangyng 1474 Stewart Mem. 73.
Togangyn 1545 Blackfriars Perth 175.
Ane day betwixt the sone rysing and toganging of that ilk 1575 Reg. Privy S. VII 22/1.
Fra the toganging of the sone to the uprysing of the samin 1596 Dalr. II 286/14.
Our folk, about the sone togangeng, … met with thame
