gayne

English

Etymology

See gain.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To gain; to avail.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gayne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Ganey, agyen, gynae

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gegn.

Adjective

gayne

1. Alternative form of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”)

Adverb

gayne

1. Alternative form of gayn (“quickly, near”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gegna.

Verb

gayne

1. Alternative form of gaynen

Etymology 3

From Old English ġeġn.

Preposition

gayne

1. Alternative form of gain (“against”)