Syn-grin

Old English Dictionary Entry

Syn-grin

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 syn-grin

the toil or snare which a sin constitutes:--Ðæt ús deófol of rihtan wege þurh deriende þýstra belǽdan ne mǽge, ne mid syngrinum tó swíðe gehremman not hamper us too much with the snares of sin, Btwk. 196, 19. Ðonne mæg se biscop ðæs mannes syngrina (the toils of sin in which he is involved) þurh Godes þafunge ðe swýðor gelíðian, Wulfst. 155, 26. syn-grin

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚣᚾ-ᚷᚱᛁᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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