seint

seint

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nt

Verb

seint

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of seinen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of seinen

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaint]

Adjective

seint

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of seinur

Adverb

seint (comparative seinni or seinri, superlative seinast)

1. late

   ovseint ― too late

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• seynt, seynct, sent, saynte, sanct, saynct, sant, sont

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)

1. saint

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Related terms

• Seint Graal

Descendants

• English: saint
• Yola: sankt

References

• “seint(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seint

1. neuter singular of sein

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seint

1. neuter singular of sein

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Old French

Noun

seint m (oblique plural seinz or seintz, nominative singular seinz or seintz, nominative plural seint)

1. 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

   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Lanval

     meïsmes l'an, aprés la Seint Jehan

     the same year, after the saint John holiday