handgang

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *handugangaz, derived from the phrase *ana handų ganganą ~ *gāną, whence Old English on hand gān and Old Norse ganga á hǫnd. Compare the pair tō hlāfe gān (“to go to eat bread,” literally “go to bread”) and hlāfgang (“going to eat bread,” literally “bread-going”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɑndˌɡɑnɡ/, [ˈhɑndˌɡɑŋɡ] === Noun === handgang m surrender laying on of hands ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: