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1 GAGN
* * *n.1) advantage, use; verða e-m at gagni, to be of use to one; er eigi mun vera g. í, that will be of no use;2) produce, revenue, esp. of land;4) luggage;5) victory; hafa (fá) g., to have (gain) the victory;6) pl. gögn, proofs, evidence.* * *n. [a Scandin. word, neither found in Saxon nor Germ.; only Ulf. has the root verb gageigan = κερδαίνειν; Swed. gagn; Dan. gavn; Engl. gain is prob. borrowed from the Scandin.]:1. sing. gain, advantage, use, avail; hluti þá er ek veit at honum má gagn at verða, things that can be of use to him, Nj. 258; er oss varð at mestu gagni, Ísl. ii. 175; er eigi mun vera gagn í, that will be of no use, Fms. iii. 175; það er að litlu gagni, of little avail, etc., passim.2. gain, victory; sigr ok gagn, Orkn. 38; hafa gagn, to gain the day, Rb. 398, Hom. 131, Fms. vii. 261; fá gagn, id., Fas. i. 294, freq. in poetry; gagni feginn, triumphant, Fm. 25; gagni lítt feginn, i. e. worsted, Hbl. 29.3. produce, revenue, chiefly of land; jarðir at byggja ok vinna ok allra gagna af at neyta, Eg. 352; hence the law phrase, to sell an estate ‘með öllum gögnum ok gæðum.’4. goods, such as luggage, utensils, or the like; síðan fór hann norðr á Strandir með gagn sitt, Sturl. i. 10; ker ok svá annat gagn sitt, Grág. ii. 339; bæta garð aptr ok öll gögn ok spellvirki, Gþl. 421; þeir héldu öllum farmi ok öllu gagni ( luggage), því er á skipinu var, Bs. i. 326.β. in mod. usage almost always in pl. gögn = household implements, esp. tubs, pots, etc.; bú-gögn, heimilis-gögn, household jars; far-g., farar-g., q. v.5. in pl. a law term, proofs, evidence produced in court; at eigi dveli það gögn fyrir mönnum, Grág. i. 25; nefna vátta at öllum gögnum þeim er fram vóru komin, Nj. 87; eptir gögnum ok vitnum skal hvert mál dæma, a law phrase, upon evidence and witnesses shall every case be tried, Gþl. 475; öll gögn þau er þeir skulu hafa at dómi, Grág. ii. 270; þeir menn allir er í dómi sitja eðr í gögnum eru fastir, i. 105, 488, and passim; gagna-gögn, vide below.COMPDS: gagnahöld, gagnauðgan, gagnauðigr, gagnligr, gagnsamligr, gagnsamr, gagn-semd, gagnslauss, gagnslítill, gagnsmikill, gagnsmunir.
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Gain — (g[=a]n), n. [OE. gain, gein, ga[yogh]hen, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. {Gain}, v. t.] 1. That which is gained, obtained, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gewinnen — Gewinnen, verb irreg. Imperf. ich gewann, Conjunct. ich gewänne; Mittelw. gewonnen; Imperat. gewinn. Es war, so wie das einfachere winnen, ehedem in einem sehr weiten Umfange von Bedeutungen üblich, von welchen die im Hochdeutschen noch gangbaren … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
geigan — (*) [akin to gijan] : win. Deriv. geigo (*) avidity. Comp. faihugeigan be avid, faihugeigo avidity, gageigan win … Gothic dictionary with etymologies
