gayn
Middle English
/ɡɛi̯n/, /ɡɛi̯n/
adj
Definitions
- direct, straight, fast, expeditious
- gracious, helpful, unfailing, useful, good
- suiting the situation, apt, fit
- short
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse gegn (ready, serviceable, kindly, direct, short, fit, directAdjective, fitAdjective, straight) derived from Proto-Germanic *gagin (towards, against, in return, back).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gagin
Gloss
towards, against, in return, back
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
後, 背
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- again English
- autogain English
- foregain English
- gain English
- gainable English
- gainand English
- gainer English
- gainest English
- gaineth English
- gainful English
- gainless English
- gainly English
- gainsharing English
- gainside English
- gainword English
- gainworthy English
- outgain English
- overgain English
- photogain English
- regain English
- undergain English
- ungain English
- ungainly English
- gegen- German
- gagner French
- *gagin Proto-Germanic
- *gagną Proto-Germanic
- gagn Swedish
- gjegn Norwegian Nynorsk
- gegn Old English
- gegn- Old English
- geġn- Old English
- gægn Old English
- āġēan Old English
- agayn Middle English
- gain Middle English
- gaine Middle English
- gayne Middle English
- gaynen Middle English
- gaynly Middle English
- gein Middle English
- geyn Middle English
- gagn Old Norse
- gagna Old Norse
- gegn Old Norse
- gegna Old Norse
- gegnum Old Norse
- gavn Danish
- gagn Icelandic
- gagan Old High German
- gagn Faroese
- gegin Old Dutch
- gegin- Old Saxon
- gen Old Swedish
- djinhöv Westrobothnian
- genhöt Westrobothnian