See sin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sīnum",
"links": [
[
"sīnum",
"sinum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sīnum",
"links": [
[
"sīnum",
"sinum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sīnum",
"links": [
[
"sīnum",
"sinum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "pronoun",
"head": "sīn"
},
"expansion": "sīn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sīn",
"type": "strong"
},
"name": "ang-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English dialectal terms",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English links with redundant target parameters",
"Old English pronouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with rare senses",
"Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters",
"Old High German links with redundant target parameters",
"Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters",
"Pages with 68 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "For him Hrothgar went to his courtyard",
"text": "him ġewāt Hrōþgār tō hofe sīnum",
"translation": "For him Hrothgar went to his courtyard",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The woman walks with her feet",
"text": "þæt wīf tredeð mid sīnum fōtum",
"translation": "The woman walks with her feet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Israel plunders you, their lord",
"text": "þeċ heriað Israhēla, herran sīnne",
"translation": "Israel plunders you, their lord",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The sea-wolf carried the Prince of Rings to her lair",
"text": "Bær sēo brimwylf hringa þengel tō hofe sīnum",
"translation": "The sea-wolf carried the Prince of Rings to her lair",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"his; her; its; their"
],
"links": [
[
"his",
"his"
],
[
"her",
"her"
],
[
"its",
"its"
],
[
"their",
"their"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, chiefly dialectal, reflexive possessive pronoun) his; her; its; their"
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"possessive",
"pronoun",
"rare",
"reflexive",
"without-noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/siːn/"
}
],
"word": "sin"
}
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