Citations:gagner

Old French citations of gagner, gaaigner, and gaaignier

author unknown (circa 1200) Du segretain moine, page 1:

Idoine fut bien enseignie,
Simple, cortoise et afetie,
Et Guillaume sot bien changier,
Mout s'entremist a gaaignier.

Idoine was well-mannered,

Modest, polite and kind,

Guillaume was a banker,

And put a lot of effort into saving money.

Chrétien de Troyes (circa 1180) Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

Et de che ne porrons nous pas
Assés avoir viande et dras,
Car qui gaaigne la semaine
Vint sols n'est mie hors de paine.

And as such, we could not

have enough food and clothing

For he who only makes 20 sol a week

Cannot escape such misery.