be-gang, bi-gang, st. m., (_so far as something goes_), _extent_: acc. sg. ofer geofenes begang, _over the extent of the sea_, 362; ofer flôda begang, 1827; under swegles begong, 861, 1774; flôda begong, 1498; sioleða bigong, 2368. gangan. See under gân. ganot, st. m., _diver_, fulica marina: gen. sg. ofer ganotes bäð (i.e. the sea), 1862. gâd, st. n., _lack_: nom. sg. ne bið þe wilna gâd (_thou shalt have no lack of desirable_ [valuable] _things_), 661; similarly, 950. gân, _expanded =_ gangan, st. v., _to go_: pres. sg. III. gæð â Wyrd swâ hió scel, 455; gæð eft ... tô medo, 605; þonne he ... on flett gæð, 2035; similarly, 2055; pres. subj. III. sg. gâ þær he wille, _let him go whither he will_, 1395; imp. sg. II. gâ nu tô setle, 1783; nu þu lungre geong, hord sceáwian, under hârne stân, 2744; inf. in gân, _to go in_, 386, 1645 'forð gân, _to go forth, to go thither_, 1164; þat hie him tô mihton gegnum gangan, _to go towards, to go to_, 314; tô sele ... gangan cwômon, 324; in a similar construction, gongan, 1643; nu ge môton gangan ... Hrôðgâr geseón, 395; þâ com of môre ... Grendel gongan, _there came Grendel (going) from the fen_, 712; ongeán gramum gangan, _to go to meet the enemy, to go to the war_, 1035; cwom ... tô hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tô, _let us go thither_, 2649.--As preterite, serve, 1) geóng or gióng: he tô healle geóng, 926; similarly, 2019; se þe on orde geóng, _who went at the head, went in front, _3126; on innan gióng, _went in_, 2215; he ... gióng tô þäs þe he eorðsele ânne wisse, _went thither, where he knew of that earth-hall, _2410; þâ se äðeling, gióng, þät he bî wealle gesät, _then went the prince_ (Beówulf) _that he might sit down by the wall_, 2716.--2) gang: tô healle gang Healfdenes sunu, 1010; similarly, 1296; gang þâ äfter flôre, _went along the floor, along the hall_, 1317.--3) gengde (Goth. gaggida): he ... beforan gengde ..., wong sceáwian, _went in front to inspect the fields_, 1413; gengde, also of riding, 1402.--4) from another stem, eode (Goth. iddja): eode ellenrôf, þät he for eaxlum gestôd Deniga freán, 358; similarly, 403; [wið duru healle Wulfgâr eode], _went towards the door of the hall_, 390; eode Wealhþeów forð, _went forth_, 613; eode tô hire freán sittan, 641; eode yrremôd, _went with angry feeling_, 727; eode ... tô sele, 919; similarly, 1233; eode ... þær se snottra bâd, 1313; eode weorð Denum äðeling tô yppan, _the prince_ (Beówulf), _honored by the Danes, went to the high seat_, 1815; eode ... under inwit-hrôf, 3124; pl. þær swîðferhðe sittan eodon, 493; eodon him þâ tôgeánes, _went to meet him_, 1627; eodon under Earna näs, 3032. â-gangan, _to go out, to go forth, to befall_: pret. part. swâ bit âgangen wearð eorla manegum (_as it befell many a one of the earls_), 1235.