shyn

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sċinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.

Alternative forms

• schyn, schin, shine, scine, shzine, schynne, schine, schen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃin(ə)/

Noun

shyn (plural shynnes or schennen)

1. The shin (portion of the leg between the knee and the foot).

Descendants

• English: shin
• Scots: shin, schin

References

• “shin(e (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.

Etymology 2

From schinen.

Noun

shyn

1. Alternative form of schyne