sb. Obs. [AGAIN- 1 + SAW a saying.] Gainsaying, contradiction.

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1315.  E. E. Psalter (1843), lxxx. 8. Þe fanded I, Ate watre of again-saw.

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a. 1325.  Metr. Hom., 29. Igain-sawe may thar nan be, Of thing that alle men may se.

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