gangr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-o-s. Ultimately from the root *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”). Related to ganga.

Noun

gangr m (genitive gangs)

1. walking, motion
2. pace, pacing
3. course
4. prevailing

Declension

Declension of gangr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gangr	gangrinn	gangar	gangarnir
accusative	gang	ganginn	ganga	gangana
dative	gangi	ganginum	gǫngum	gǫngunum
genitive	gangs	gangsins	ganga	ganganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gangur
• Faroese: gangur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gang
• Norwegian Bokmål: gang
• Old Swedish: ganger
  • Swedish: gång
• Danish: gang

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gangr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive