† gaincome Obs.
[f. gain- 3 + come; OE. ᵹeáncyme means meeting, occursus.]
A coming again, return.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 234 Þet tu his ȝeincume underuo þe gledluker. c 1300 Cursor M. 19043 (Laud) The appostils eche day To the temple went to pray; At hir yene come the mete they yaff To eche. c 1400 Destr. Troy 2026 Full glad of þat gest and his gayne come. c 1450 Henryson Test. Cres. 55 But quhen he sawe passit baith day and hour Of hir gaincome. 1567 Turberv. Ovid's Ep. 28 b, And I (to further this my woe) thy gainecome did desyre. |
So † gaincoming.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter cxi. 9 He losis hope of gayn⁓cumynge. 1375 Barbour Bruce ii. 450 Sa dred thai far the gayne-cummyng Off schir Robert, the douchty king. 1565 Answ. Kirk in Keith Hist. Ch. Scot. (1734) 550 To the gaynecomeing of our Lord Jesus Chryst. |