goand
English
Scots
Alternative forms
- goande
Etymology
From Middle English goand, goande, variant of Middle English goende, goonde, gond, gonde, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -and. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going, walking”), Dutch gaand (“going, walking”), Low German gahn (“going, walking”), German gehend (“going, walking”), Danish gående (“going, walking”), Norwegian gående (“going, walking”), Swedish gående (“going, walking”).
Verb
goand
- (dated) present participle of go.
- Goand oot of the holt, she saw a woundor baist.
- Going out of the woods, she saw a magical creature.
- 1561 Kennedy, Q., Oratioune
- A thirsty man … goand by a tavern.
References
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