syne
English
Etymology
Contracted form of sithen.
Adverb
syne (comparative more syne, superlative most syne)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Subsequently; then. [from 14th c.]
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 38:
- Yet in two-three years they'd chaved and saved enough for gear and furnishings, and were married at last, and syne Will was born, and syne Chris herself was born, and the Guthries rented a farm in Echt [...].
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 38:
- (Scotland, Northern England) Before now; ago. [from 16th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of R. of Brunne to this entry?)
- (Scotland, Northern England) late
- W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace)
- [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.
- W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace)
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronoun
syne
- his (that or those of him)
- Hy het my hemp aangehad en ek syne.
- He wore my shirt and I wore his.
- Hy het my hemp aangehad en ek syne.
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
syne (imperative syn, infinitive at syne, present tense syner, past tense synede, perfect tense har synet)
- (of a car or other vehicle) inspect, so as to determine whether a vehicle is fit for use
- Bilen er netop synet.
- The car has just been inspected.
- examine
- 2012, Frans G. Bengtsson, Røde Orm I + II:
- Orm havde lagt mærke til, at Sigtrygg en tid havde stirret mørkt på ham og Toke, og et par gange havde det set ud, som om han ville sige noget; og da nu sværdene kom tilbage, synede han dem nøje og nikkede, og det så ud til, at han havde svært ved at give dem fra sig.
- Orm had noticed that Sigtrygg had, for a while, stared darkly at him and Toke, and a couple of times it had seemed as though he would say something; and now, as the swords returned, he examined them closely, nodded and seemed reluctant to give them away.
- appraise
- look
- appear; seem to have a certain quality
- Det syner ikke godt.
- It does not bode well.
Jeg synes, hunden er stor.- It seems to me that the dog is large.
- 2013, Steen Rossau, chapter 8, in Landsknægtens Daggert:
- Men de tilbageværende skavanker synede af mindre, fordi Sidsel holdt møblerne pænt rene
- But the remaining faults seemed smaller, because Sidsel kept the furniture nicely clean
- (intransitive) be visible
- 2010, Ole Feldbæk, Danmarks historie, page 59:
- Byernes borgere var stolte af deres kirker, hvis tårne synede milevidt ud over det omgivende landskab.
- The citizens were proud of their churches, whose towers could be seen from miles away in the surrounding landscape.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
syne n
Verb
syne (present tense syner, past tense and past participle synet)
- to appear,to become visible
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
syne n
- kome til syne - to come into view
Verb
syne (present tense syner, past tense synte, past participle synt, passive infinitive synast, present participle synande, imperative syn)
- Alternative form of syna
References
- “syne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
syne (not comparable)
Derived terms
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English adverbs
- Scottish English
- Northern England English
- Requests for quotations/R. of Brunne
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans pronouns
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish verbs
- Danish terms with usage examples
- Danish terms with quotations
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots adverbs
- Scots uncomparable adverbs