seint

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nt

Verb

seint

1. inflection of seinen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaint]

Adjective

seint

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of seinur

Adverb

seint (comparative seinni or seinri, superlative seinast)

1. late

   ov seint ― too late

Middle English

Alternative forms

• seynt, seynct, sent, saynte, sanct, sainct, saynct, sant, sont

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman seint, variant of Old French saint, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”), ultimately from Latin sanctus.

Noun

seint (plural seints)

1. saint
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 173-176:

     The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit,
     By-cause that it was old and som-del streit,
     This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace,
     And held after the newe world the space.

     The rule of Saint Maurus or of Saint Benedict,
     Because it was old and somewhat strict,
     This same monk let old things pass away,
     And followed the broader customs of modern times.

Related terms

• Seint Graal

Descendants

• English: saint
• Yola: Sankt, Sank, Saan

References

• “seint(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seint

1. neuter singular of sein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seint

1. neuter singular of sein

Old French

Noun

seint oblique singular, m (oblique plural seinz or seintz, nominative singular seinz or seintz, nominative plural seint)

1. Alternative form of saint
   • Le Vilain qui conquist paradis par plaid

     Garda à destre vers le ciel,
     Et vit l'archangle seint Michiel

     (the soul) looked right towards the sky
     and saw the Archangel Saint Michael

   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Lanval:

     meïsmes l'an, aprés la Seint Jehan

     the same year, after the saint John holiday