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216 of such as: shø [‘she’] is sae [‘so’], at shø is gaun [‘going’] aboot, she is not quite well, but fairly well (really: she is well enough to go about); he is no gane [‘not gone’] to come, he will hardly come , a gaun cauld, an infectious cold. — In phrases with and : “g. ”, in a special sense: of wind, to shift about or turn; to go about, — ganga um;  , and — g. : a) to go off; pass away, =  ganga av; b) to leave off;  of mood, anger, hot temper, to g. aff o’ ane, = ganga av; c) to accomplish a heavy piece of work,  de (the field-work in spring); rare; more  as a substantive ; d) to leave a surplus, —  ganga af (meaning 5 in Fr.). — g. : a) to g. afore de hill, to descend the hill, slope ;  “(ganga) fyrir” in sense of (to go) over the edge (fyrir brekku, ofan fyrir brekkuna; see fyrir 2 in Fr.); b) to g. afore de craig [‘crag’] or sten, to fall (from the crag) into the sea (U$n$.), in with omission of the governed word: g. afore (understood: de “banks”, craig, ), to fall from the steep cliff or precipice ( in a fowling-cliff) and perish in the sea; in same sense ganga fyrir björg, and  fara fyri(r) bakka; see, and  — g. , a) to set upon; to attack; to go at, ganga at; b) to set about doing something, ganga at; c) of wind: g. op or nort’ at, sooth at, to become northerly, southerly, see, — g. , a) to be taken from (as a part of something), to make an exception of, =  ganga fraa and ganga av ( ganga frá, to part with or to be deprived of something); b) to die, of cattle, = g.  ( ganga af, to go off, inter alia to die). — g., see ,  I 2. — g. : a) to rise; b) of the sea near the shore, of surf: to heave, break high; the substantive  is more common;   ganga upp, of water (a stream): to increase, ganga upp; c) to come to an end, in “gane ” = gane ; see, ; ganga upp, to use up; to be consumed; d) gane [‘gone’], of wind; see “g. ”. — g. : a) = geng b, of the sea, surf ; , go too far; dat or yon [‘that’] to exceed; surpass (meaning 4 in Fr.), to overflow the banks (meaning 7 in Fr.);, ; c) to discuss; go over, ganga ivir. — g., to perish; to die, of young, weak animals; I tink de calf or de lamb is gaun [‘going’] till, I think that the calf or lamb is going to die ;  ganga til, inter alia, to perish;   ganga til heljar,  — g.  [‘together’], to settle (of a connection, agreement, compromise, ), = ganga saman. — g., a) to take a burden on one’s back, = ganga undir; b) to pledge oneself to something, to submit to, — ganga undir. — g. : a) (to go out) to begin the field-work in spring, de, to cultivate the ground in spring ; b) to come to an end or to be worn out; de (corn-)rig is gane [‘gone’] ut, that patch of arable land has been exhausted, it cannot yield more ; de day guid [‘went’] ut, the day passed ; ganga út, to come to an end (meaning 4 in Fr.); útgingin;  udgaaet = run short; c) to have a (definite, foretold) result; to be verified, of a prophecy. — g. ’ or [wɩþ]: a) to go on (in spite of opposition); to endure, g. ’; I maun [‘must’] g.
 * b) to go beyond all bounds;
 * ganga yfir, inter alia,