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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375-1599
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Gainand, Gaynand(e, ppl. a. Also: gainn-, gaynn-. [Northern ME. gainand (c 1300), pres. pple. of Gaine v.1 In later use only Scottish. See also Ganand.] Fitting, suitable, appropriate. a 1350 Facs. Nat. MSS. II. 14.
Edificia … facient competencia [gl. gaynand] a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 941.
I can fynd place na-quhare That to me sa gaynand ware a1400 Ib. xi. 117.
Had I … gaynand possibilité c1420 Wynt. i. 956.
In it is all kyn habowndans That gaynand [C. gaynnande] is tyll mannys substance c1420 Ib. v. 4209.
Till hys stwmp scho set a hand, Ewynly mete and rycht gaynand 1456 Hay II. 116/11.
The remedies convenable and gaynand to restor thé agayne till hele c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1358.
Thai … Fand gaynand geir, baithe gold and jowelry a1500 Prestis of Peblis 398.
Ane man to get for that office gainand 1535 Acts Jas. V (1597) 107 b.
To sell the samin [wares] of ane gainand price without dearth a1578 Pitsc. I. 36/1.
We tua, to quhom the great gowernance of this realme is maist gainand 1587-99 Hume vii. 103.
Gantlets ou'rgilt, wambraissis gainand weill
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