"syn" meaning in Old Swedish

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Noun

IPA: /syːn/ Forms: sȳn [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags]
Etymology: From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmq-osw|non|sjón}} Old Norse sjón, {{inh|gmq-osw|gem-pro|*siuniz}} Proto-Germanic *siuniz Head templates: {{head|gmq-osw|noun|g=f|head=sȳn}} sȳn f
  1. sight, ability to see
    Sense id: en-syn-gmq-osw-noun-XssxwQhZ Categories (other): Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. appearance
    Sense id: en-syn-gmq-osw-noun-bRYi0PK8 Categories (other): Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "syn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sjón"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sjón",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*siuniz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *siuniz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sȳn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "sȳn"
      },
      "expansion": "sȳn f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Swedish",
  "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sight, ability to see"
      ],
      "id": "en-syn-gmq-osw-noun-XssxwQhZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "appearance"
      ],
      "id": "en-syn-gmq-osw-noun-bRYi0PK8",
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Swedish feminine nouns",
    "Old Swedish i-stem nouns",
    "Old Swedish lemmas",
    "Old Swedish nouns",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 23 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Frisian determiners",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian possessive determiners",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "syn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sjón"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sjón",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*siuniz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *siuniz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sjón, from Proto-Germanic *siuniz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sȳn",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "sȳn"
      },
      "expansion": "sȳn f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Swedish",
  "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sight, ability to see"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sight",
          "sight"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for syn meaning in Old Swedish (1.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "syn"
  ],
  "section": "Old Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "syn",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "syn"
  ],
  "section": "Old Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "syn",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "syn"
  ],
  "section": "Old Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "syn",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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