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”)