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† yain, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹiᵹeᵹnian, 3 aȝeine, ȝene, 4 ȝeyne, ȝayne.
[OE. (Northumb.) ᵹiᵹeᵹnian, *onᵹeᵹnian, corresp. to OHG. gaganan, gagenan, ON. gegna (whence gain v.1), f. ᵹeᵹn-, onᵹeᵹn against (see again adv.).]
1. trans. To meet, encounter, oppose.
a1000Rit. Dunelm. (Surtees) 45/23 [Justitia] obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, [soðfæstnis] ᵹiᵹeᵹnað him svoelce moder arwyrðe. c1205Lay. 17854 He..aȝeineden þere uerde þe icumen wes to ærde. a1250Owl & Night. 845 Abid abid me shal þe ȝene [v.r. yene]. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1724 Loude he was ȝayned, with ȝarande speche.
2. intr. To avail: = gain v.1 1.
c1325Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 661 For heer but ȝif we make vs euene, Þer may no miht ne ȝiftes ȝeyne. |