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Pronunciation
- /seɪn/
- Rhymes with: -eɪn
Verb
- In the context of "transitive|archaic": To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
- In the context of "intransitive|obsolete|_|except in Scots": To make the sign of the cross.
- In the context of "transitive|archaic": To bless, to keep from evil
influence.
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- 1983: The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay. — Robert Nye, The Facts of Life
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Finnish
Verb
sainFrench
Pronunciation
- /sɛ̃/
Adjective
Noun
Related terms
Scots
Verb
sainExtensive Definition
- This article is about a Welsh record label. For other meanings see Sain (disambiguation).
Sain (Welsh for Sound), in full - Recordiau Sain
Cyf (Sound Records Ltd) is an influential Welsh record
label, which was instrumental in the Welsh folk revival.
It was founded in Cardiff in 1969 by
singer-songwriters Dafydd Iwan
and Huw
Jones, and businessman Brian
Morgan Edwards, as a home for Welsh-language rock and folk
music, which was otherwise finding it difficult to 'break through'
in the UK market. The company released its first single in October
1969, Huw Jones’ Dŵr (Welsh for Water), a powerful song about the
controversial drowning of the Tryweryn Valley,
in the north-west of Wales, to form Llyn Celyn
reservoir. Many of the company’s early releases were recorded at
the Rockfield
Studios in Monmouthshire.
In the early 1970s Sain moved to the Caernarfon area,
and opened their first recording studio in 1975 near Llandwrog. Today
Sain remains the biggest producer of music of Wales, covering
traditional, folk, rock, pop, hip-hop, rap, country and classical
music. Rasal Cyf. is
the latest label, and this signs young Welsh bands.
The label's Chief Executive is now Dafydd
Roberts.
Notable Artists
Branch Labels
Sain - main label
Crai - mainstream rock label
Rasal - pop/indie label for young talents
Slic - library music label
See also
External links
sain in Welsh: Cwmni Recordiau
Sain