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syngian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
syngian, ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To sin
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  • Ic syngige

    committo, admitto,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37;
    • Zup. 221, 8.

  • Ic eom se lyðra man, se syngige swíðe genehhe,

    • Hy. 3, 42.

  • Ic singie nitende

    peccavi nesciens,

    • Num. 22, 34.

  • Gyf ðín bróðor syngaþ wið ðé

    si peccaverit in te frater tuus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 15, 21.

  • Ic ánum ðé syngode

    tibi soli peccavi,

    • Ps. C. 47.

  • Ðá sǽde him Plenius ðæt hé wóh bude, and miclum on ðǽm syngade,

    • Ors. 6, 10;
    • Swt. 264, 28.

  • Wé singodon on úrum bréðer

    peccavimus in fratrem nostrum,

    • Gen. 42, 21.

  • Ne synga ðú

    non moechaberis,

    • Ex. 20, 14.

  • Ðe læs gé syngien (nelle gé syngian,

    • Ps. Lamb.), Ps. Th. 4, 5.

  • Se unrihtwísa cwyð ðæt hé wylle syngian (

    ut delinquat

    ),
    • 35, 1: Past. 17;
    • Swt. 109, 17.

  • Singian,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 1, 88.

  • Wið God singian

    in Deum peccare,

    • Gen. 39, 9.

  • Geopenian ðǽm syngiendum hiera unryht,

    • Past. 15;
    • Swt. 91, 11.

  • Ðæt hié óþre syngiende rihtaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 63, 24.
Etymology
[Hwenne þe muð suneȝeð on muchele ete,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 153, 31.
Þu sunegest . . . we sunegieð,
  • 17, 20, 36.
Heo sunegede . . . heo makede him sunegen,
  • A. R. 56, 1, 4.
Þatt mann ne sinnȝheþþ nohht,
  • Orm. 3970.
Ine þri maneris me may zeneȝi,
  • Ayenb. 20, 4.
Ho so syngeþ (synegeþ, synneþ), Piers
  • P. C-text, 11, 26.
O. Sax. sundión:
O. H. Ger. sunteón:
Ger. sündigen:
Icel. syndga.
]
Similar entries
v. for-, ge-syngian.
Linked entries
v.  singian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “syngian.” 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/30055.

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