"evin" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: evins [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English evene, efene, efne (“ability, nature”), from Old Norse efni (“material, stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *abniją (“material”), from Proto-Indo-European *op- (“to work; income, wealth”). Cognate with Icelandic efni (“content”), Swedish ämne (“subject, substance, material, topic”), Danish evne (“ability”). Etymology templates: {{der|sco|enm|evene}} Middle English evene, {{m|enm|efene}} efene, {{m|enm|efne||ability, nature}} efne (“ability, nature”), {{der|sco|non|efni||material, stuff}} Old Norse efni (“material, stuff”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*abniją||material}} Proto-Germanic *abniją (“material”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*op-||to work; income, wealth}} Proto-Indo-European *op- (“to work; income, wealth”), {{cog|is|efni||content}} Icelandic efni (“content”), {{cog|sv|ämne||subject, substance, material, topic}} Swedish ämne (“subject, substance, material, topic”), {{cog|da|evne||ability}} Danish evne (“ability”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|evins|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} evin (plural evins), {{sco-noun}} evin (plural evins)
  1. Matter; subject-matter; substance; means. Synonyms: evyn, evyne
    Sense id: en-evin-sco-noun-PnVnVUSU Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for evin meaning in Scots (2.4kB)

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