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Middle English
- senow, senewe, senowe, senue, senwe, synewe, synoghe, synow, synue, synuwe, synueu
- senuwe, seonuwe, seonuwwe (Early Middle English)
- cynew, cynwe, sinewe, sinnu, syneou, synneu, synnew, synnou, synnow, zenewe (Late Middle English)
- syn (from Old Norse sin)
Etymology
From the oblique forms of Old English sinu, seonu, from Proto-West Germanic *sinu, from Proto-Germanic *senawō, from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥; thus a doublet of nerve.
Some forms are influenced by Old Norse sin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsinwə/, /ˈsinɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈsiniu̯(ə)/, /ˈsɛn-/
Noun
synwe (plural synwes or synwen)
- A tendon or sinew (band of collagen).
- Synonym: thenoun
- (specifically) An animal sinew cooked as meat.
- (literary) A nerve (bundle of neurons)
- (botany, rare) The veins of a leaf.
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