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gain sb. XV. — (O)F. gain m., gaigne fem. (mod. gagne), f. gaigner (mod. gagner
; hence gain vb. XVI) — OF. gaaigner, of Gmc. orig.; cf. OHG. weidenen graze, pasture, forage, etc., f. Gmc. *waiþō (OHG. weida fodder, pasture, hunting, OE. wāð, ON veiðr hunting). Hence gainful XVI.

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