seonoþ
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σῠ́νοδος (sŭ́nodos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse͜o.noθ/
Noun
seonoþ m
- synod, council, meeting
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Sē ġedweola was on þām Nyceanisċan sinoþe ḡeniðerad
- That heresy [Arianism] was condemned at the Council of Nicea.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.
- Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | seonoþ | seonoþas |
| accusative | seonoþ | seonoþas |
| genitive | seonoþes | seonoþa |
| dative | seonoþe | seonoþum |
Derived terms
- bisceopseonoþ m (“synod of bishops”)
- seonoþbōc f (“book containing the decrees of a synod”)
- seonoþdōm m (“decree of a synod”)
- seonoþlīċ (“synodal, synodic”)
- seonoþstōw f (“place for a synod”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “seonoþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.