Middle English Dictionary Entry
sin adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sin adv. Also ? sīn & (chiefly N or NM) sinne, sī̆ne, sien, sein(e, sen(e & (errors) seyme, fin. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of sitthen adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Afterwards; after that, then; never ~, never again; also, as noun, in phrase: unto ~, until later, for a while; (b) since then; ago; ever ~, ever since; not longe agon ~, not long ago; (c) next in importance; also; (d) ?soon; ?consequently, in that case.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)351 : Þe elementis..first schaples all samen lay; He delt þaim fin [read: sin; Vsp: sythen] in sex dais In partis.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)229 : Tyd by top and bi to þay token hym synne; In-to þat lodlych loȝe þay luche hym sone.
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)202 : Ihesu..Wyt Hys dyssypuls fyrst spak & ete, And sene to the Mownt of Olyvete Tham led.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)4/13-14 : Þan men passez thurgh þe land of Pynceras and commes to Grece to þe citee of Sternes..and seyne [Man.(1): after; F puis] to þe citee of Bradrenople.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4083 : Thus he fittis his folke and freschely askryes, And syen comforthes his men with knyghtlyche wordes.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)43/29 : Seyme [read: Seyne], he sent anoþer lettre, till his pryncez.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4995 : Syn, als sone as he myghte hye, He dighte his host & god nauye.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4750 : I schal neuere syne Sytte on grounde..Tyl j haue þis toun jgeten.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)917 : A kirtill and a corsett fyne, Þer ouer he keste an acton syne.
- a1475 Gawain & CC (Brog 2.1)515 : Ȝe schall dynn And on my blessynge wende home syne.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)503 : The cope he brought before hyr syne And seruyd the fre wyth the wyne.
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)826 : All the cursed men to mahoun criene, ledes them on the lond, hold to-gedur seyne, set them in scheltron.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)106/198 : Abyde vnto syne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)212/259 : She weshyd hym with hir terys weytt, and sen dryed hym with hir hare.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)238/21 : Syn ye woll nedis flee and entre againe into the wombe that hath borne yow, for I vndirstonde ther is non othir place to save yow.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)19 : Werre & wrake & wonder Bi syþez hatz wont þer-inne, & oft boþe blysse & blunder Ful skete hatz skyfted synne.
- ?a1425 Glo.Chron.B (Dgb 205)52 : Ȝit is nouȝt longe syne [A: Suþþe haþ engelond ibe iwerred ilome Of þe folc of denemarch þat ne beþ noȝt ȝvt isome].
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1171 : 'How longe seyn?' þe kynge gun saye. 'Fyvestene, sir.'
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.295 : It wolde sewen of theire evidence þat þinges passed many ȝeres seyn Schulde caused [read: cause] god þat is oure souereyn.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57178 : He hathe ocupyde the lond evyr syn.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)90/29 : Here it happed me to slee a knyght that kept this iland, and syn myght I never departe.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)3/5 : Nat long agoo syn I redde in the Cronicles, ther I sawe the grette dedis of..the furst founders of the noble realme of Fraunce.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)10/14 : The lawe of frendship which was vsid among the auncientis is long syn revokid by Dame Courte.
c
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)565 : First sal we luf god loud & still..And syen our neghburs sal we luf.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)975 : Wemen þat is of mylde mode And syne giffes hom to gode, Mecull may ho mende.
d
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.34 : Go, loke thou diȝte oure soper syne.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)384/534 : Nay, tary not so, we get ado syne.