adj. I. separate, alone, not joined with others:--Ic mé syndrig eom singulariter sum ego, Ps. Th. 140, 12. Wiþ fefre hylpþ syndrigo marubie tó drincanne to drink marrubium alone, Lchdm. ii. 134, 27. Heáfdehtes porres [croppan] syndrigne sele þicgan, 230, 11. Nim syndrig sealt oððe wið weaxhláfsealfe gemeng, 246, 9. Áwyl ða wyrte and syndrigeabetonican, neftan, etc., 76, 18. I a. standing apart, not accessible (?); cf. synder-líc, I:--Hé (Hannibal) com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum . . . and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Iof (munti fór MS. C.). Swá ðonne hé tó ðæm syndrigum stáne com ðonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan and siþþan mid mattucan heáwan ad Alpes pervenit. . . atque invias rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 18. II. special, set apart for a particular purpose:--Sáwlsceat vel syndrig Godes lác dano (dona ?), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 44. Ða Senatores dæghwamlíce smeádon on ánum sindrian húse, Jnd. p. 161, 33. III. special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality or for the unusual degree in which some quality exists:--Ðæt is syndrig cynn, symle biþ ðý heardra ðe hit sǽstreámas swíðor beátaþ, Cd. Th. 80, 6; Gen. 1324. Him ðáwæs syndrig ege ðǽr him ǽr wæs seó mǽste wyn, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 32. Míne þrié ða getreówestan frýnd ða wǽron míne syndrige treówgeþoftan (my special confidants), Nar. 29, 28. IV. of that which concerns asingle person, private, own; proprius, privatus:--God, ðæm syndrig (proprium) is ðætte hé gimilsage, Rtl. 40, 19. Syndriges propriae, 33, 30. Be ðam ðæt munecas syndrige ǽhte næbben . . . Nǽnig nán ðing syndries ne áge si debeant monachi proprium habere . . . Ne quis presumat aliquid habere proprium, R. Ben. 56, 15-19: L. P. 15; Th. ii. 322, 10. Fíf hída syndries landes . . . fíf hída gemǽnes landes, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 395, 28. Æfter syndrig mægn secundum propriam virtutem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 15: Ps. Th. 97, 2. Syndrige wyrðmenta privilegia, Hpt. Gl. 517, 1. Suindrig propria, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 9. From syndrigum ex propriis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 44. Standan on syndrigum gebedum to be engaged in private devotions, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 115. In syndrige in propria, Jn. Skt. Lind. 16, 32. V. separate, several, sundry, each separately:--Moyses gebletsode ða twelf mǽgða ǽlce mid sindrigre bletsunge, Deut. 33, 5. Hé syndrigne ácsode hwylces geleáfan hí wǽron cujus essent fidei singuli, inquirebat, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 13. Hwylcne ende syndrigo ðing (singula) hæbbende synd, 5, 23; S. 646, 6. Hig eodon and syndrie (singuli) férdon on hyra ceastre, Lk. Skt. 2. 3. Ongun-non suindrige (or ad) éghwelc (singuli) cwoeða, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 22. Ic syndrigra (singulorum) hús and bedd geseah, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 9. Hé syndrigum geárum (annis singulis) hine neósode, 4, 29; S. 607, 12. Hig gesamnodon hig be sindrigum mǽgðum, Jos. 7, 16. Hé syndrigum (singulis) hys hand on settende hig gehǽlde, Lk. Skt. 4, 40. Scíp ceigeþ syndrigum nomum oues uocat nominatim, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 3. Suindrigum his suá hwælc ðú eftsettes singulis sua quaeque restitues, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 11: p. 4, 7. Þurh syndrige ðíne andsware ic ongeat, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 39. V a. in a distributive sense, one a-piece, one each:--Ðá onféngon hig syndrige penegas (cf. ǽlc his pening, singulos denarios), Mt. Kmbl. 20, 10. On septem epistolas canonicas ic sette syndrie béc (libros singulos), Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 13. Dile, mintan and merce, syndrige sceafas geseóð, Lchdm. ii. 188, 24: 228, 26. [O. H. Ger. sunderig separatus, singularis, privatus, peculiaris.] syndrig