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Substitute: Submission, surrender. Cf. on hand gán. v. hand;
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  • Hondgong

    deditio,

      Txts. 56, 337.

  • Handgong,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 23.

  • Handgang

    deditio, i. traditio,

      139, 66.

  • Freódóm emancipatio, handgang manus impositio (cf. (?) manus impositio reconciliatoria ea est per quam poenitentes haeretici sive excommunicati sanctae ecclesiae reconciliantur, Migne), i. 60, 3. [In the Ormulum

    hand-gang

    is used of the laying on of hands by the Apostles (All þiss gæfenn forþ þe posstless þurrh hanndganng upponn alle þa þatt fulluhht unnderrfengenn, 15992), or in confirmation (þurrh fulluht ga þurrh hanndgang att hadedd mannes hande, 13254).]
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. hand-ganga submission to a lord, surrender.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hand-gang.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51727.

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