Old English · adverb
gegn
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /jejn/
- Syllables
- jejn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- gain
Meaning
-
again
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old Saxon gigin, Old High German gagan (> German gegen), Old Norse gegn (> Swedish igen).
Descendants
gain
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gegn · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution · Report a problem with this entry