synnen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English syngian; by the late ME period, usually remodelled on synne +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• senegen, singen, singy, sunge, sungy, sunne, syn, synege, synegen, synewe, synewi, syngen, synne, synny
• seneȝin, sunege, sunegen, suneghie, sunegi, sunegin, sunegun, sunegy, suneȝan, suneȝien, sunehe, synȝien (Early Middle English)
• sinnȝhenn (Ormulum); zeneȝi (Kent); cynnyn (Late Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinən/, /ˈsinɡən/, /ˈsinwən/, /ˈsiniu̯ən/, /ˈsɛn-/, /ˈsun-/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈsin(ə)ɣən/

Verb

synnen (third-person singular simple present synneth, present participle synnende, synnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle synned)

1. To sin; to commit sins, especially of a sexual nature.

Conjugation

Conjugation of synnen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) synnen, synne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	synne	synned
2nd-person singular	synnest	synnedest
3rd-person singular	synneth	synned
subjunctive singular	synne
imperative singular		—
plural1	synnen, synne	synneden, synnede
imperative plural	synneth, synne	—
participles	synnynge, synnende	synned, ysynned

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: sin
• Scots: sin

References

• “sinnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

synnen

1. (rare) plural of synne