Obs. Forms: 3–4 wayne, 4 wayn. [a. OF. wain masc., waaigne fem., dial. varr. of gain, gaaigne: see GAIN sb.2]

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  1.  Profit, advantage.

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c. 1315.  Shoreham, Poems, I. 2207. Þe fyfte, þat hys Elyynge, Cryst onleke to oure wayne.

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1340.  Ayenb., 43. Him ne dret naȝt to done … grat harm to oþren uor a lite wayn oþer uor ureme to him.

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  2.  Conquest, possession gained by conquest; also, booty, spoil.

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 1481. Þeyr fflote wyþ al þer wayne Turnede fro þe lond of Spaigne. Ibid., 1857. Albion was Brutes wayne, Þerfore he dide hit calle Brutayne. Ibid. (1338), Chron. (1810), 257. We rede ȝe sende to þe kyng of Almayn, & ȝour londes to defende, & reue Philip his wayn. Ibid., 297. Þe Scottis bare þam wele, Þe Waleis had þe wayn, als maistere of þat eschele.

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