See synn on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“actuality, distress, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō (“truth, reality”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”); with semantic influenced from similar sounding Proto-West Germanic *sundiju, *sundī, from Proto-Germanic *sundī (“crime, sin”).\nCognates include Old High German sunna (“justification”), Old Norse syn (“denial”), and Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”). Replaced the reflex of Proto-West Germanic *sundi, which provides the word for \"sin\" in most other West Germanic languages.",
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},
{
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{
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{
"form": "synnum",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "sinn",
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]
},
{
"form": "senn",
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]
}
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"name": "ang-noun"
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"6": "synna",
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"title": "",
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"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "syngian"
}
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{
"glosses": [
"misdeed, fault, crime, wrong"
],
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"misdeed",
"misdeed"
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[
"fault",
"fault"
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[
"crime",
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"wrong",
"wrong"
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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35,
40
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31,
35
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],
"english": "You're in a prison of your own sins.",
"text": "Þū eart on cwearterne þīnra āgenra synna.",
"translation": "You're in a prison of your own sins.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Memory of the Saints\"\nSeo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modignyss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...",
"translation": "The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...",
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"ipa": "/synn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[syn]"
}
],
"word": "synn"
}
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