Tyll the day began to sprynge, Foules on trees merely gan synge Delicyous notes on hyght.
To the g{r}ownd he feAEsAEs ase tyght, 690 And Torrent gan hys hed of-smyght, And thus he wynnythe the gre.
The prynce in armes was fuAEsAEs preste, Thre shaftys on~ his fader he breste, 2360 In shevers they gan gone.
T1] Fowllys gan myrre to syng Bothe in~ frethe and in feld.
Thanne laughed Haukyn a litel, And lightly gan swerye, "Who so leveth yow, by oure Lord!
For drede gan I quake, And cryde to Kynde, "Out of care me brynge!
And siththe he gradde after Grace, Til I gan awake.
Arthur ganstep forth, sturdy-mooded warrior, until he came to the floor, where the fiend lay and slept.
Thus they then spake: the hermit ganto weep; dearly he him kissed; there they gan to separate.
And thus they gan lead the king to church; the bishops gan sing before the monarch, trumpets there blew; bells there rung; knights gan ride, women forth glide.
But myself I gan stand upon a weald, and I there gan to wander wide over the moors, there I saw gripes, and grisly fowls!
When the folk gan to stir, the earth gan to din; trumpets there blew; hosts were arrayed; horns there resounded with loud voice, sixty thousand blew together.
They came to the well, and filled their bowls; back they gan wend to Uther the king, forth into the chamber, where he lay in bed.
He caused trumpets to be blown, and his host to assemble; they leapt on steed, knights gan to ride.
They made ready their steeds; and together they gan ride; rushed fiercely, so that fire sprang after them!
Childric gan proceed over the North end, and took in his hand a great deal of land.
Then in the eventime, the moon gan to shine, well nigh all as bright as the sunlight.
The gleams that gan to spread in seven fair strings, are seven fair sons, who shall come of thy daughter, who shall win to their own hand many a kingdom; they shall be well strong, on water and on land.
Knights gan to ride out of Rome-land; five-and-twenty thousand proceeded toward France.
The men than owt in full gret hy, And on the wallis thai gan cry, That thair sow wes feryt thar.
Jhon Crab, that had hys geer all yar In hys fagalds has set the fyr, And our the wall syne gan thai wyr, And brynt the sow till brands bar.
I stode chekmate for feare whan I gan see, In my way how little I had runne.
How Kyng Charlis and Rowlond fawght With Sarzyns nold they be cawght, Of Trystrem and Isoude the swete, How they with love first gan mete .
Then gan the monarch hasten / where he did find the lady fair.
Then gan they from the wooing / strive to turn the noble thane.
Then gan straightway Siegfried / the country's custom to declare.
When brake the light of morning / athwart the spacious hall, Hagen gan awaken / the stranger warriors all, If that they to the minster / would go to holy mass.
Adown the hall he fiddling / gan his way to make; In his hand full often / a trusty sword rang out, While grateful knights of Rhineland / acclaimed him with a mickle shout.
Then gan her mickle sorrow / milder at the thought to grow.
Lest he his life should forfeit / the noble stranger gan to quake.
She gan thank the knight Who of these glad tidings / had been the messenger.
Came thereto Queen Kriemhild / and o'er the warrior bent, And for the doughty Iring / gan she there lament.
When now the day was over / and light they had no more, Injury to his followers / gan he to dread full sore.
When saw it Lady Brunhild / straight to weep gan she: Soon must Gunther know it / and all the men of Burgundy.
Then gan he cast his glances / on the Lady Kriemhild lovingly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
