Middle English Dictionary Entry
sin prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | sin prep. Also sin(n)e, sen(e. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of sitthen prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
From (a specified time or event), since; after (a specified event).
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4063 : Syn thilke day that she was seuen nyght oold..trewely she hath the herte in hoold Of Chauntecleer.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5670 : Sin quen was þou vr dempster?
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)24 : What tyme & of what lawe I sall yow schewe fro gre to gre sen þe tyme of sir Noe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)24 : Mo ferlyes on þis folde han fallen here oft..syn þat ilk tyme.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)9/109 : Sen þe time þat God was born..War neuer men better in fight Þan Ingliss men.
- (1425) RParl.4.290a : If..eny men have lost eny Wolle or Wollefell, syne the tyme of the Graunt contened in the Petition..lete hem brynge here proves..before the Kynges Conseill.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)84/11 : Antheon..wepte greete teeris afore his owne men..and sen [vr. sene] þat tyme hider-too hertys wepith euer at þeire deeth.
- a1450(c1409) Man haue hit (Dgb 102)10 : To þy bed whan þou shalt go, Þenk what þou hast don sen morn.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)34/162 : Syn whan was I his kepyng knyght?
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)16/27 : Many complayntes were made unto sir Arthur of grete wronges that were done syn the dethe of kyng Uther.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)88/3 : Synne the sanctificacion of Roome by veray feith, their hertis so enclyned to their furst accustomed lawe that, [etc.].