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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English syngian; by the late ME period, usually remodelled on synne + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
- senegen, singen, singy, sunge, sungy, sunne, syn, synege, synegen, synewe, synewi, syngen, synne, synny
- seneȝin, sunege, sunegen, suneghie, sunegi, sunegin, sunegun, sunegy, suneȝan, suneȝien, sunehe, synȝien (Early Middle English)
- sinnȝhenn (Ormulum); zeneȝi (Kent); cynnyn (Late Middle English)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsinən/, /ˈsinɡən/, /ˈsinwən/, /ˈsiniu̯ən/, /ˈsɛn-/, /ˈsun-/
- (early) IPA(key): /ˈsin(ə)ɣən/
Verb
synnen (third-person singular simple present synneth, present participle synnende, synnynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle synned)
- To sin; to commit sins, especially of a sexual nature.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
synnen
- (rare) plural of synne