† 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).

单词	yain
释义	† 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). < v.a1000
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