Noun: synn
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | synn |
| Plural | synna; synne |
Genitive
| Singular | synne |
| Plural | synna |
Dative
| Singular | synne |
| Plural | synnum |
Accusative
| Singular | synne |
| Plural | synna; synne |
Sample Sentences
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Þū eart on cwearterne þīnra āgenra synna. (You're in a prison of your own sins.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
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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,...)
Nouns inflected like synn
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“actuality, distress, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, reality”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”); with semantic influenced from similar sounding Proto-West Germanic *sundiju, *sundī, from Proto-Germanic *sundī (“crime, sin”).
2. 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. See: Gothic Nouns '
𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰'.
Verbs referencing "synn"
English Nouns
sin, English Nouns
sooth, Danish Nouns
synd, Faroese Nouns
synd, Icelandic Nouns
synd, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
synd, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
synd, Swedish Nouns
synd, Middle English Nouns
synne.
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