synful
Middle English
Alternative forms
- senful, sinful, sunfol, sunful, sunvol, sunvul, synffol, synfull
- cynfulle, sinfull, symful, synfle, synneful (Late Middle English)
- senvul, zenvol (Kent)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English synful; equivalent to and sometimes remodelled after synne + -ful, though the disyllabic form remains predominant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsin(ə)ful/
Adjective
synful (plural and weak singular synfulle)
- Sinful; having sinned, guilty of sin.
- Sinful; morally or religiously wrong.
- (Northern, rare) Relating to hell.
- (Early Middle English, rare) Unbaptised; lacking a baptism.
- (rare) Unlucky; ill-fortuned.
Descendants
- English: sinful
- Scots: sinfu
Noun
synful (plural synfulle)
- A sinful individual.
References
- “sinful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsyn.ful/
Adjective
synful (comparative synfulra)
- sinful
- "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 25
- And hē cwæð, Ġif hē synful is, þæt ic nāt; ān þing ic wāt, þæt ic wæs blind and þæt ic nū ġesēo.
- And he said, if he is sinful, which I don't know; one thing I know, that I was blind and that I now see.
- "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 25
- (substantive) a sinner
Declension
Declension of synful — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | synful | synful | synful |
Accusative | synfulne | synfulle | synful |
Genitive | synfulles | synfulre | synfulles |
Dative | synfullum | synfulre | synfullum |
Instrumental | synfulle | synfulre | synfulle |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | synfulle | synfulla, synfulle | synful |
Accusative | synfulle | synfulla, synfulle | synful |
Genitive | synfulra | synfulra | synfulra |
Dative | synfullum | synfullum | synfullum |
Instrumental | synfullum | synfullum | synfullum |
Declension of synful — Weak
Descendants
- Middle English: synful, senful, sinful, sunfol, sunful, sunvol, sunvul, synffol, synfull, cynfulle, sinfull, symful, synfle, synneful (Late Middle English), senvul, zenvol (Kent)
- English: sinful
- Scots: sinfu
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “synfull”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.