gegin-

See also: gegin

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gagin (“back, in return”). Compare Old English gegn-, gean-.

Prefix

gegin-

  1. forming adjectives, verbs and nouns with the sense of ‘opposition, reversal’, against; again, back
    geginward (“opposite, present”)
    geginwardi (“middle, presence”)
    geginian (“to meet, encounter”)
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