synwe

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. A tendon or sinew (band of collagen).
    Synonym: thenoun
  2. (specifically) An animal sinew cooked as meat.
  3. (literary) A nerve (bundle of neurons)
  4. (botany, rare) The veins of a leaf.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: sinew
  • Scots: sinnon, sinnen, sennin, shinnon

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