synn
See also: sýnn
Middle English edit
Noun edit
synn
- Alternative form of synne
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
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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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Magnús Snædal (2016), “Gothic banja*, winja and sunja”, in Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, volume 133, , pages 105-106