Words that come from Old Norse gegn

141 words across 13 languages descend from Old Norse gegn — including gone, gain, gains, gaining, bygone, ungainly, gainful, gainer.

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Norwegian Bokmål (43)

English (34)

Danish (17)

Swedish (16)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Middle English (10)

Old Norse (3)

Esperanto (2)

Icelandic (1)

Scanian (1)

Jamtish (1)

Scots (1)

Old Swedish (1)