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单词 yain
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yainv.

Forms: Old English gigegnian, Middle English aȝeine, ȝene, Middle English ȝeyne, ȝayne.
Etymology: Old English (Northumbrian) gigegnian , *ongegnian , corresponding to Old High German gaganan , gagenan , Old Norse gegna (whence gain v.1), < gegn- , ongegn against (see again adv.).
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To meet, encounter, oppose.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)]
meeteOE
yaina1000
yseeOE
oftakelOE
to meet withc1300
finda1325
encounter1520
occur1527
bemeet1608
to fall in1675
a1000 in J. Stevenson Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840) 45/23 [Justitia] obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, [soðfæstnis] gigegnað him svoelce moder arwyrðe.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 845 Abid abid me shal þe ȝene [v.r. yene].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8909 He..Aȝeineden þere uerde þe icumen wes to ærde.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1724 Ȝonde he watȝ ȝayned with ȝarande speche.
2. intransitive. To avail: = gain v.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)]
dowc950
frameOE
fremeOE
helpc1000
gainc1175
holdc1175
vail1303
yainc1325
it is speedfulc1340
profit1340
speedc1380
prowa1400
bootc1400
prevailc1450
avail1489
mister1490
skill1528
stead1594
advantagea1616
conduce1624
c1325 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 661 For heer but ȝif we make vs euene, Þer may no miht ne ȝiftes ȝeyne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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