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sín

  • adjective
  • pronoun
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Grammar
sín, possess. pron.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §464; §583;
His, her, its, their; suus. This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit.
referring to a sing. masc.
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  • Gif hæleþa hwilc eágum módes sínes (cf. his módes, Bt. 34, 8 ; Fox 146, 3),

    • Met. 21, 38
      • .

  • Him Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum,

    • Beo. Th. 2477
      • ;
    • B. 1236
      • .

  • Harold hýrde holdlíce hærran sínum,

    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • Erl. 198, 13
      • .

  • Man æt ðam ágende sínne willan æt gebicge,

    • L. Ethb. 82
      • ;
    • Th. i. 24, 4
      • .

  • Esne wið dryhten gebéte síne hýd,

    • L. Wih. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 38, 22
      • .
referring to a sing. fem.
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  • Bær seó brimwylf hringa þengel tó hofe sínum,

    • Beo. Th. 3019
      • ;
    • B. 1507
      • .

  • Heáfod on hand ágeaf ludith gingran sínre,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 21
      • ;
    • Jud. 132
      • .

  • Ðæt wíf (wíf though neuter is represented by a fem. pron.) ðín heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum,

    • Cd. Th. 56, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 913
      • .
referring to a plural
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  • Ðec Israéla herigaþ, herran sínne

    (þínne, MS.),
    • 240, 28
      • ;
    • Dan. 393
      • .

  • Gebid sínna sówhula,

    • Txts. 124, 5
      • .

  • Áhealtedon fram stígum sýnum ł fram heora paðum

    claudicaverunt a semitis suis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 17, 46
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. seins
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. sín
:
Icel. sínn (sinn)
.]
Entry information
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/27769.

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  • sín, adj.; pronoun.

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