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Lain vs Slain - What's the difference?

lain | slain |

As adjectives the difference between lain and slain

is that lain is while slain is .

As a noun slain is

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lain

English

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

(head)
  • (oriented in a horizontal position, situated).
    • He had lain there for many hours.
    The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
    Usage notes
    * The past participle of is lied. * The past participle of is laid.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about.
  • *:
  • *:Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger

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    slain

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (with "the") Those who have been killed.
  • * 1906 , Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The ethics of Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung , page 41:
    • While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain , they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help.

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