gain pain

[Fr. gagne - pain, from gagner = to gain, and pain = bread.] A name applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. gain-said (ai as ě), pa. par. or a. [GAINSAY.] * gāin-saw, *gayne-sawe, geyn-sawe, s. [A. S. geyn against, and sagu a saying, a saw (q. v.). Gainsaying, contradiction. "To him is there no geynsawe." Cursor Mundi, 14,815. *gain-sāy, s. [GAINSAY, v .] Contradiction, denial, gainsaying. gain -say, #gain-saie, *gayn-say, *gayn-saie, * geyn-say, *gaine-sy, gein-sei-en, v . t. & i. [Pref. gain against, and Eng. say (q. v.).] A. Transitive : 1. To speak against, to oppose, to contradict. "If any gaunsay you, ye take him as a mortal enemy. -Golden Boke , let. 14. 2. To deny, to contradict. "If he it geynsay, I wille proue it on him." Robert de Brunne, p. 154 B. In trans.: To deny, to contradict. "The fear full chorl durst not gainesy nor dooe, But trembling stood, and yielded him the pray." Spenser: F. Q., III. viii. 13. gain-sāy-er, s . [Eng.gainsay; -er.] One who opposes, contradicts, or denies what is alleged; an opponent, a contradicter. "If St. Paul had not foreseene that there should be gainsayers, he had not neede to haue appointed the confutation of gainsaying."-Latimer: Third Sermon before King Edward,