sain
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
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to bless.
verb
Etymology
Origin of sain
before 900; Middle English; Old English segnian (cognate with German segnen to bless) < Late Latin signāre to sign with the cross
Example Sentences
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“I consist of — and I think we all do — I consist of two people: Dolores and Conchita,” Rivera sain in an interview with the AP that year.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
You've heard of him—easy-going soul, and God sain him!
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
You might see the fairies—bless us and sain us!—and what not.
From The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
But he drew a score, himsel’ did sain, The auld wife tried, but her tongue was gane; While the young ane closer clespit her wean, And turn’d frae Aiken-drum.
From Spare Hours by John Brown
No, page: it is an epilogue or discourse to make plain Some obscure precedence that hath tofore been sain.
From Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
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