sain
pronunciation
How to pronounce sain in British English:
UK [seɪn]
How to pronounce sain in American English:
US [seɪn]
Word Origin
- sain (v.)
- "to cross oneself; to mark with the sign of the cross," Old English segnian, from Latin signare "to sign" (in Church Latin "to make the sign of the Cross"); see sign (n.). A common Germanic borrowing, cognate with Old Saxon segnon, Dutch zegenen, Old High German seganon, German segnen "to bless," Old Norse signa.
Example
- 1. The surgeon came to have a look , then sain , " this is easy ! "
- 2. Because of the sain , we weren 't able to spend much of the day on the beath .