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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gane, v.² Pres. pple. gan(n)and. [Northern ME. gane, gan (a 1300), OE. gān, with unusual retention of final -n, perhaps partly after midl. and southern ME. gone, goon.] intr. To go. a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 256.
Abyd and blyse me, ore thu gane Ib. xix. 97.
But avysment fast gannand Ib. xxvi. 191.
Ganand dry-fwt one the se 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 183.
Tha sal gane to the monk myre … and thar tak thair feuale a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 431.
With ladyis fair in carrolling to gane a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 347.
In his grippis and ye gane, He wald ourcum yow ilkane 1497 Halyb. 132.
For his costis comand and ganand c1500-c1512 Dunb. l. 8.
Ane fairar knycht nor he was ane On ground may nothair ryd nor gane 1563 Peebles B. Rec. 293.
[The council] ordanis the scuillmaster … nocht to gane to hunting … but lescence of the aldirmen 1572 Sat. P. xxxii. 18.
Nor with our naiggis to gane to Edinburgh sone