Lain vs Sain - What's the difference?
lain | sain |
(oriented in a horizontal position, situated).
(obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about.
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*: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
(archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
To make the sign of the cross.
(archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.
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As verbs the difference between lain and sain
is that lain is past participle of lang=en (oriented in a horizontal position, situated) while sain is to make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.lain
English
Etymology 1
Inflected forms.Verb
(head)- 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)Anagrams
* * * * * ----sain
English
Verb
(en verb)- 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
- The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.
