See seynt on Wiktionary
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"ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 173-176",
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"(rare) Anything holy, particularly saints' relics."
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"ipa": "/sæi̯nt/"
},
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"ipa": "/sæi̯n/",
"note": "sometimes preconsonantally"
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"ipa": "/sant/",
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