Synd

Old Norse Dictionary - synd

Meaning of Old Norse word "synd" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

synd Old Norse word can mean:

synd: f., older form syn-ð, syn-þ, shewing that the d is inflexive, svnþ, svnþir (sins), Mar. pref. xxxii, xxxiii, Eluc., Greg., passim; [A. S. syn and synn, whence the Norse word may have been borrowed when Christianity came in, for it does not occur in poets of the heathen age; Engl. sin; Germ. sünde; Dan. synd]:—a sin (it prop. means ‘negation, denial,’ no doubt referring to denial by oath of compurgators, ordeal, or the like). Mar., Stj., BS., H. E., passim in old and mod. writers in an eccl. sense only, for the very word implies a Christian, not a heathen, notion (the heathens said glæpr or the like); synda-freistni, bót, auki, band, bruni, byrðr, dauði, daunn, díki, flekkr, fýsi, gjald, görð, iðran, játning, kyn, lausn, lifnaðr (líf), líkn, saurgan, saurr, sár, sótt, verk, = the temptation, atonement …, sickness, work of sin, H. E. i. 462, 522, Greg. 9, 18, 19, 22, 45, 46, 73, K. Á. 76, Stj. 51, 119, 123, 142, 145, 162, 220, Rb. 82, 400, Hom. 5, 11, 41, 48, 59, 73, Vm. 84, Magn. 542, and passim; synda far, Stj. 123; synda þræll, Hom. 94.

synd: COMPDS: syndafullr, syndalauss, syndaliga, syndaligr, syndamaðr, syndaþræll.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

pref.: preface.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eluc.: Elucidarium. (F. II.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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