on hand gan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ana handų gāną, literally “to go into [someone's] hand” (= "hands"). Cognate with Old Norse ganga á hǫnd, cf. Old English gangan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /on ˈxɑnd ˌɡɑːn/, [on ˈhɑnd ˌɡɑːn] === Verb === on hand gān to surrender or give oneself up (+ dative = to someone) late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History c. 935, King Æthelstan's sixth law code ==== Conjugation ==== See the conjugation for gān. ==== Synonyms ==== on hand gangan ==== Derived terms ==== handgang