seynt – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of seynt

Noun: seynt
Sg.seynt
Pl.seyntes

Genitive

Sg.seyntes
Pl.seyntes; seyntene

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit,
  • By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, (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.) [late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 173-176]

Nouns inflected like seynt

seynt,

Etymology

From a combination of Anglo-Norman seint (continental Old French saint) and Old English sanct (“saint”), both from Latin sanctus. See: Old English Nouns 'sanct', Latin Nouns 'sanctus'.

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