Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From ganga + af. Compare Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (afgaggan, to go away, depart).

Verb edit

ganga af

  1. to go off, go away, depart
  2. to go beyond
  3. to be left (as surplus)

References edit

  • "ganga", Geir T. Zoëga (1910), A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford at the Claredon Press, page 159