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synnig

  • adjective
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synnig, adj.
in a religious sense, sinful, wicked
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  • Ánra gehwylc, sóðfæst ge synnig,

    • Exon. Th. 233, 11;
    • Ph. 523.

  • Se feónd and se freónd . . . synnig and gesǽlig,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1908;
    • El. 956.

  • Synnig wið sáwla nergend,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1841;
    • An. 923.

  • Hwí swigast ðú, synnigu tunge,

    • Dóm. L. 67.

  • Ðæs synnigan mód

    peccantis mentem,

    • Past. 46;
    • Swt. 357, 10.

  • Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múð,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2601;
    • An. 1302.

  • Synnig cynn ( the people of Sodom ),

    • Cd. Th. 152, 35;
    • Gen. 2531.

  • Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1419;
    • An. 710.

  • Beóþ ða syngan flǽsc scandum þurhwaden,

    • Exon. Th. 78, 31;
    • Cri. 1282.

  • Fyrenfulra ðreát, heáp synnigra

    peccatores,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 6: Cd. Th. 145, 17;
    • Gen. 2407.

  • Hé biþ ðám yflum egeslíc tó geseónne, synnegum monnum,

    • Exon. Th. 57, 18;
    • Cri. 920.

  • Syngum hondum,

    • 70, 3;
    • Cri. 1133: 84, 21;
    • Cri. 1377.

  • Ðú ðe ús synnige ádrife fram dóme,

    • Ps. Th. 107, 10.

  • Hí hyra synnigan breóst beátaþ,

    • Wulfst. 138, 12.

  • Monige æfter ðæs líchoman scylde hí swá micle fæsðlícor gestaðoliaþ on gódum weorcum swá hí hí selfe synnigran ongietaþ,

    • Past. 52;
    • Swt. 411, 3.
in a legal sense, guilty, culpable.
v. scyldig
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  • Scyldig ł synnig

    reus,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 64.

  • Synnig

    culpabilis,

    • Rtl. 102, 7.

  • Gif ceorl ceáp forstelþ . . . biþ se his dǽél synnig (scyldig,

    • MS. H.
      • )
    bútan ðam wífe ánum,
    • L. In. 57;
    • Th. i. 138, 17.

  • Se ðe þeóf ofslihþ, se mót gecýðan mid áðe ðæt hé hine synnigne (scyldigne,

    • MS. B.
    ) ofslóge,

    • 16;
    • Th. i. 112, 8.

  • Mon synnigne gefón æt openre scylde,

    • 37;
    • Th. i. 124, 22.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. sundig:
O. H. Ger. suntig
peccator, damnosus, noxius: Icel. syndigr.
]
Similar entries
v. bær-synnig, fela-, firen-, lyge-, un-synnig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “synnig.” 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/30067.

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