bargayne

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bargaigne, from bargaigner, from Old French bargaine (noun), bargaignier (verb), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *borganjan (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to borrow, lend”).

Alternative forms

• bargain, bargan, bargayn, bargen, bargeyn, bargyn, bargynne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈɡæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈbarɡən(ə)/

Noun

bargayne (plural bargaynes)

1. A pact or concord; a legal agreement with legal force:
   1. A corporate agreement; a trade deal.
   2. (rare) A promise or commitment; an obligation due to agreement.
2. A project, venture or endeavour.
3. (rare) An item or product; a commodity.
4. (rare) A situation as an outcome of others' prior behaviour.
5. (rare, Northern) A contest or dispute.
   • c. 1375, “Book VI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2)‎^[1], Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 21, recto, lines 431-434; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:

     Thyꝛwall þ[at] was þ[air] capitain / Wes þ[air] in þe baꝛgain slain / ⁊ off his men þe maſt p[ar]ty / Ϸe laue fled full affrayitly

     Thirlwall, who was their commander / was killed there in the struggle / with the greatest part of his men; / the rest fled very frightened.

Descendants

• English: bargain
  • → Scottish Gaelic: bargan
  • → Welsh: bargen, bargain
• Scots: bargain

References

• “bargain(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-06.

Etymology 2

Verb

bargayne

1. Alternative form of bargaynen