syoun

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Middle English

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Noun

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syoun (plural syouns)

  1. Alternative spelling of sioun
    • 1382, John Wycliffe, The Holy Bible, made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe and his followers, first edition, John 15:2:
      I am a verri vyne, and my fadir is an erthe tilier; Ech syoun, or braunche, not berynge fruit in me, he schal do a wey it.
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    • ante 1415: John Wycliffe?, Lantern…, page 70/3
      Ȝe straied al awey as if it were wilde syouns.