"sin" meaning in Old English

See sin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /siːn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sīn (“his, her, its, their”, genitive reflexive). Cognate with Old Frisian sīn (“his, its”), Old Saxon sīn (“his”) (Middle Low German sin), Dutch zijn, Old High German sīn (“his”) (German sein), Old Norse sínn (“one's own”), Old English sē (“that, that one, he”). More at the. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sīn||his, her, its, their|pos=genitive reflexive}} Proto-West Germanic *sīn (“his, her, its, their”, genitive reflexive), {{cog|ofs|sin|sīn|his, its}} Old Frisian sīn (“his, its”), {{cog|osx|sin|sīn|his}} Old Saxon sīn (“his”), {{cog|gml|sin}} Middle Low German sin, {{cog|nl|zijn}} Dutch zijn, {{cog|goh|sin|sīn|his}} Old High German sīn (“his”), {{cog|de|sein}} German sein, {{cog|non|sínn||one's own}} Old Norse sínn (“one's own”), {{cog|ang|se|sē|that, that one, he}} Old English sē (“that, that one, he”) Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|head=sīn}} sīn Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|sīn|type=strong}} Forms: sīn [canonical], strong [table-tags], sīn [masculine, nominative, singular], sīn [feminine, nominative, singular], sīn [neuter, nominative, singular], sīnne [accusative, masculine, singular], sīne [accusative, feminine, singular], sīn [accusative, neuter, singular], sīnes [genitive, masculine, singular], sīnre [feminine, genitive, singular], sīnes [genitive, neuter, singular], sīnum [dative, masculine, singular], sīnre [dative, feminine, singular], sīnum [dative, neuter, singular], sīne [instrumental, masculine, singular], sīnre [feminine, instrumental, singular], sīne [instrumental, neuter, singular], sīne [masculine, nominative, plural], sīna [feminine, nominative, plural], sīne [feminine, nominative, plural], sīn [neuter, nominative, plural], sīne [accusative, masculine, plural], sīna [accusative, feminine, plural], sīne [accusative, feminine, plural], sīn [accusative, neuter, plural], sīnra [genitive, masculine, plural], sīnra [feminine, genitive, plural], sīnra [genitive, neuter, plural], sīnum [dative, masculine, plural], sīnum [dative, feminine, plural], sīnum [dative, neuter, plural], sīnum [instrumental, masculine, plural], sīnum [feminine, instrumental, plural], sīnum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. (rare, chiefly dialectal, reflexive possessive pronoun) his; her; its; their Tags: dialectal, possessive, pronoun, rare, reflexive, without-noun
    Sense id: en-sin-ang-pron-qLc95GfZ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters, Old English pronouns, Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters, Old High German links with redundant target parameters, Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 63 entries, Pages with entries
     
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      "form": "sīnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīnum",
      "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": [
    {
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        "Old English dialectal terms",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "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",
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        "Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Old High German links with redundant target parameters",
        "Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters",
        "Pages with 63 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For him Hrothgar went to his courtyard",
          "text": "him ġewāt Hrōþgār tō hofe sīnum",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The woman walks with her feet",
          "text": "þæt wīf tredeð mid sīnum fōtum",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Israel plunders you, their lord",
          "text": "þeċ heriað Israhēla, herran sīnne",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sea-wolf carried the Prince of Rings to her lair",
          "text": "Bær sēo brimwylf hringa þengel tō hofe sīnum",
          "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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