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lain¹

  • /leɪn/

Sounds like lane (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

Inflected forms.

verb

  1. participle, past past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)lie He had lain there for many hours.
  2. nonstandard, participle, past past participle of lay (“to put down”)lay

lain²

  • /leɪn/

Sounds like lane (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

verb lains · laining · lained · lean · len

  1. 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

Lain³

proper noun Lains

  1. A surname.

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