Saining

Saining is a Scots word for blessing, protecting, or consecrating.^[1] Sain is cognate with the Irish and Scottish Gaelic seun and sian and the Old Irish sén - "a protective charm."^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Ross, David and Gavin D. Smith, Scots-English/English-Scots Dictionary (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary), 1998, p102.
^ Black, Ronald, The Gaelic Otherworld, 2005, p136-7, 211
^ Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica Volume II, 1900, p26-37
^ Macbain, Etymological Dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic, 1998, p309.

[Ross1-1] Ross, David and Gavin D. Smith, Scots-English/English-Scots Dictionary (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary), 1998, p102.

[Black-2] Black, Ronald, The Gaelic Otherworld, 2005, p136-7, 211

[Carmichael1-3] Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica Volume II, 1900, p26-37

[Macbain-4] Macbain, Etymological Dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic, 1998, p309.

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