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sín

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sín, seón, sién, sýn, e ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §464; §583;
power of seeing, sight, vision
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  • Smire on ða eágan, sió sýn biþ ðý scearpre,

      Lchdm. ii. 30, 21.

  • Se hwæl se ðe gársecges grund bihealdeþ sweartan sýne

    the whale that beholds the depths of ocean with darkened sight,

      Exon. Th. 427, 20 ; Rä. 41, 94.

  • Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón

    it does not injure the sight,

      Lchdm. ii. 26, 14.

  • Se ðe hire ða siéne onláh, ðæt heó swá wíde wlítan meahte,

      Cd. Th. 38, 16 ; Gen. 607.

  • Oft ic sýne ofteáh, áblende beorna unrím,

      Exon. Th. 270, 21 ; Jul. 468.

  • Næfde sellícu wiht sýne ne folme,

      415, 3 ; Rä. 33, 5.
the instrument of sight, the eye
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  • Sýne

    pupillam,

      Hpt. Gl. 487. 54.
Etymology
[He feide þe sene to þe egen, þe hlust to þe earen, O. E. Hom. ii. 25, 12. Ȝiff þatt tin eȝhe iss unnhal o þe séne, Orm. 9394. Ich (the owl) habbe gode sene, O. and N. 368. Goth. siuns sight : O. Sax. siun sight ; eye : Icel. sjón, sýn sight ; eye.]
Similar entries
v. an-, heáfod-sýn (-sién).
Linked entries
v.  seón sién sýn.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sín.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27768.

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