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Middle English
- senful, sinful, sunfol, sunful, sunvol, sunvul, synffol, synfull
- cynfulle, sinfull, symful, synfle, synneful (Late Middle English)
- senvul, zenvol (Kent)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English synful; equivalent to and sometimes remodelled after synne + -ful, though the disyllabic form remains predominant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsin(ə)ful/, /ˈsɛn-/, /ˈsun-/
Adjective
synful (plural and weak singular synfulle)
- Sinful; having sinned, guilty of sin.
- Sinful; morally or religiously wrong.
- (Northern, rare) Relating to hell.
- (Early Middle English, rare) Unbaptised; lacking a baptism.
- (rare) Unlucky; ill-fortuned.
Descendants
Noun
synful (plural synfulle)
- A sinful individual.
References
Old English
Etymology
From synn + -ful.
Pronunciation
Adjective
synful
- sinful
- "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 25
And hē cwæð, Ġif hē synful is, þæt ic nāt; ān þing ic wāt, þæt ic wæs blind and þæt ic nū ġesēo.- And he said, if he is sinful, which I don't know; one thing I know, that I was blind and that I now see.
- (substantive) a sinner
Declension
Declension of synful — Strong
Declension of synful — Weak
Descendants
- Middle English: synful, senful, sinful, sunfol, sunful, sunvol, sunvul, synffol, synfull, cynfulle, sinfull, symful, synfle, synneful (Late Middle English), senvul, zenvol (Kent)
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