af syne

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Danish

Adverb

af syne

  1. out of sight
    • 1867, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Samlede historiske digte og romaner af Bernhard Sev. Ingemann, page 146:
      Drost Peder og Ridder Jon fulgte endnu Kongen og tabte ham intet Øjeblik af Syne; ...
      Drost Peder and knight Jon still followed the king and did not let him out of their sight for a moment; ...
    • 2016, Sofie Sarenbrant, Tiggeren, Art People, →ISBN:
      Det eneste, han ved, er, at han ikke må miste bilen af syne.
      All he knows is that he must not let the car out of sight.
    • 1845, Grönlands historiske Mindesmærker, udgivne af det kongelige nordiske oldskrift-selskab, page 241:
      ... men de seilede ud af Krogsfjordshede, saa at Kysten kom dem af Syne.
      ... but they sailed out of Krogsfjordshede, such that the coast left their sight.