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sainEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).
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Why did appointed readings become unverifiable stories?
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Life of Saint Lutgard, Devil sense
viant / vient / vijand / 1265–1270
Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek — VIANT Ireporting source / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Ailill and Aillinn citation in eDIL
cais / cais / date not normalized; source-reported
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