Gaun

/ɡɔːn/ verb

Definition

Scottish dialect past participle of 'go'; having gone or moved away.

Etymology

From Old English gān (to go), evolved through Middle English gaun. This is a purely Scottish development of the standard English verb.

Kelly Says

Scots English preserves some of the oldest forms of English verbs—'gaun' is like a time capsule showing us how people spoke before English standardized around London's dialect.

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