gayn

gayn

1. Genitive singular form of gay.

From Old Norse gegn; derived from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Doublet of gain.

• geyn, gein, gain, gayne, gaine

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛi̯n/

gayn (comparative geyner, superlative gaynest)

1. direct, straight, fast, expeditious
2. gracious, helpful, unfailing, useful, good
3. suiting the situation, apt, fit
4. short

• gaynly

• English: gain (obsolete, dialectal)
• Scots: gain

• “gein (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

gayn

1. expeditiously, fast, with haste
2. nearby, in the area

• English: gain (obsolete, dialectal)

• “gein (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

From Old Norse gagn, from Proto-Germanic *gaganą, *gagną; reinforced by Middle French gain. Compare wayn.

• geyn, gein, gain

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛi̯n/

gayn (plural gaines)

1. edge, advantage, a beneficial difference
2. gain, spoil, payment, compensation

• gaynen

• English: gain
• Scots: gain

• “gein (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

From Old English ġeġn.

gayn

1. Alternative form of gain (“against”)

• gayne, gain, gaine, gaaing, guain, guaain

From gaigner (“to win, make money”).

gayn m (oblique plural gayns, nominative singular gayns, nominative plural gayn)

1. a victory, win; booty, spoils
2. (agricultural) tillage, arable land; crop produce

• Middle French: wain, wayn, gain
  • French: gain, gagne
• Gallo: gaen
• Picard: gaîn (Athois), gagnache (Ch'ti)
• Walloon: gagne (Charleroi)