seint
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯nt
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaint]
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman seint, variant of Old French saint, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”), ultimately from Latin sanctus.
Noun
seint (plural seints)
- saint
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 173-176:
- The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit,
By-cause that it was old and som-del streit,
This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace,
And held after the newe world the space.- The rule of Saint Maurus or of Saint Benedict,
Because it was old and somewhat strict,
This same monk let old things pass away,
And followed the broader customs of modern times.
- The rule of Saint Maurus or of Saint Benedict,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 173-176:
Related terms
References
- “seint(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old French
Noun
seint oblique singular, m (oblique plural seinz or seintz, nominative singular seinz or seintz, nominative plural seint)
- Alternative form of saint
- Le Vilain qui conquist paradis par plaid
- Garda à destre vers le ciel,
Et vit l'archangle seint Michiel- (the soul) looked right towards the sky
and saw the Archangel Saint Michael
- (the soul) looked right towards the sky
- Garda à destre vers le ciel,
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Lanval:
- meïsmes l'an, aprés la Seint Jehan
- the same year, after the saint John holiday
- Le Vilain qui conquist paradis par plaid
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