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
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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
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
I would as soon dress a corpse when the great fiend himself—God sain us!—stood visibly before us, as when Elspat of the Tree is amongst us.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott
And out at my steed's right nostril, He'll breathe a fiery flame; 145 Ye'll loot you low, and sain yoursel, And ye'll be busy then.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
“He gave me, Christ sain him! a gold ring so fine, Whose match I can see on no finger of thine.”
From Signelil a Tale from the Cornish, and Other Ballads by Thomas James Wise
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