sain
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 5
- Letters
- 4
Definition of sain
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, transitive)To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
“Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills.”
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verb
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(archaic, transitive)To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
“Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills.”
- (intransitive)To make the sign of the cross.
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(archaic, transitive)To bless, to keep from evil influence.
“Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.”
“Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves.”
“The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).
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