Gan
Gan , imperfect
[See Gin, v.]
Began; commenced.
This man gan fall (i.e., fell) in great suspicion.
The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e., hied).
Yet at her speech their rages gan relent.
Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne.