v. Obs. exc. dial. [OE. undergangan, = MDa. undergange, Sw. -ganga.] = UNDERGO v. (in various senses).
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gram., xxxvii. (Z.), 217. Ic undergange, subeo.
c. 1200. Ormin, 10661. Me birrþ beon fullhtnedd att tin hannd, Þin blettsinng tunnderrganngenn.
1425. Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.), 544. Tyll wndirgang asyse of purale of þe marchis debatabil.
a. 1470. Harding, Chron., CXLII. xii. His defautes all to mend … And vndirgange all his punycioun.
1743. Relph, 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.
Hence Underganging vbl. sb. Obs. exc. dial.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xl. 10. For man of mi pees … In wham mikel hoped I,… Mikled vnderganginge [v.rr. -gange, undergoing] ouer me.
1855–. in Yorks. dial. glossaries.
