synn
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See also: sýnn
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
synn
- Alternative form of synne
Old English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-. Cognates include Old High German sunna (“justification”), Old Norse syn (“denial”), and Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”). Replaced the reflex of Proto-West Germanic *sundi, which provides the word for "sin" in most other West Germanic languages.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
synn f
- sin
- Þū eart on cwearterne þīnra āgenra synna.
- You're in a prison of your own sins.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modignyss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...
- The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...
Declension[edit]
Declension of synn (strong ō-stem)
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References[edit]
- ^ Magnús Snædal (2016) “Gothic banja*, winja and sunja”, in Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, volume 133, , pages 105-106
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