sýn

See also: syn, syn., syn-, -syn, and ␖

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sýn, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Doublet of sjón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːn/

  Rhymes: -iːn

  Homophone: sín

Noun

sýn f (genitive singular sýnar, nominative plural sýnir)

1. (uncountable) sight (especially denoting line of sight, the ability to see something particular)
2. (countable) a sight (something one sees, especially something significant)
3. (countable) vision (prophetic, etc.)
4. (uncountable) vision, outlook, perspective

Declension

declension of sýn

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sýn	sýnin	sýnir	sýnirnar
accusative	sýn	sýnina	sýnir	sýnirnar
dative	sýn	sýninni	sýnum	sýnunum
genitive	sýnar	sýnarinnar	sýna	sýnanna

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sjón

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siuniz.

Noun

sýn f (genitive sýnar, plural sýnir)

1. sight, eyesight
2. appearance, look
3. (poetic, heiti) sun

Declension

  Declension of sýn (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sýn	sýnin	sýnir	sýnirnar
accusative	sýn	sýnina	sýnir	sýnirnar
dative	sýn	sýninni	sýnum	sýnunum
genitive	sýnar	sýnarinnar	sýna	sýnanna

Derived terms

• andarsýn f (“vision”)
• augsýn f (“eyesight”)
• englasýn f (“vision of angels”)
• eptirsýn f (“looking after one”)
• fagnaðarsýn f (“joyful sight”)
• fjallasýn f (“mountain view”)
• forsýn f (“foreboding”)
• framsýn f (“foresight”)
• gaupnasýn f (“looking into one's palms; covering one's face with the hands”)
• landsýn f (“sight of land”)
• unaðssýn f (“happy sight”)
• vallarsýn f (“outward appearance”)
• yfirsýn f (“appearance, superintendence”)
• ásýn f (“presence; appearance; opinion”)

 

Related terms

• sjá (“to see”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: sýn
• Faroese: sýn
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syn n or f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syn n
• Old Swedish: sȳn
  • Swedish: syn c
• Danish: syn n

References

• sýn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.