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syn-grin

  • noun [ feminine ]
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the toil or snare which a sin constitutes
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  • Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman

    not hamper us too much with the snares of sin,

    • Btwk. 196, 19.
  • Ðonne mæg se biscop ðæs mannes syngrina ( the toils of sin in which he is involved ) þurh Godes þafunge ðe swýðor gelíðian,

    • Wulfst. 155, 26.
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  • syn-grin, n.