undergangv.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
= undergo v. (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)]
undergangc1000
undergoc1175
abidec1275
bidec1275
shootc1275
undergoc1315
submit1397
incline?a1400
vail1610
cede1633
defer1686
the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
abeareOE
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
bidec1200
suffera1250
abidec1275
drinka1340
endure1340
underfong1382
receivec1384
abyea1393
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
get?c1430
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
a dog's lifea1528
tolerate1531
to stand to ——1540
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
to stand under ——a1616
to fall a victim to1764
the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
takec1175
bidec1200
suffera1250
leadc1330
drinka1340
endure1340
wielda1375
underfong1382
receivec1384
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
tolerate1531
to go through ——1535
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxxvii. 217 Ic undergange, subeo.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10661 Me birrþ beon fullhtnedd att tin hannd. Þin blettsinng tunnderrganngenn.
1425 Munim. de Melros (Bannatyne Club) 544 Tyll wndirgang asyse of purale of þe marchis debatabil.
a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxlii. xii His defautes all to mend..And vndirgange all his punycioun.
1743 J. Relph Misc. Poems (1747) 94 Fie, Roger, fie—a sairy lass to wrang, And let her aw this trouble undergang.
1855– in Yorks. and Lancs. dial. glossaries.
Derivatives
Obsolete exc. dialect.
underˈganging n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous dispossession or displacement
underganginga1300
supplanta1393
supplantariea1393
supplantationa1393
supplantinga1500
a1300 E.E. Psalter xl. 10 For man of mi pees..In wham mikel hoped I,..Mikled vnderganginge [v.rr. -gange, under~going] ouer me.
1855– in Yorks. dial. glossaries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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