synful
Middle English
    
    Alternative forms
    
Etymology
    
Inherited from Old English synful; equivalent to and sometimes remodelled after synne + -ful, though the disyllabic form remains predominant.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈsin(ə)ful/, /ˈsɛn-/, /ˈsun-/
Adjective
    
synful (plural and weak singular synfulle)
- Sinful; having sinned, guilty of sin.
- Sinful; morally or religiously wrong.
- (Northern, rare) Relating to hell.
- (Early Middle English, rare) Unbaptised; lacking a baptism.
- (rare) Unlucky; ill-fortuned.
Descendants
    
- English: sinful
- Scots: sinfu
References
    
- “sinful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- synnful, synfull
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈsyn.ful/
Adjective
    
synful
- sinful
- "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 25
- And hē cwæð, Ġif hē synful is, þæt ic nāt; ān þing ic wāt, þæt ic wæs blind and þæt ic nū ġesēo.- And he said, if he is sinful, which I don't know; one thing I know, that I was blind and that I now see.
 
 
 
- "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 25
- (substantive) a sinner
Declension
    
Declension of synful — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | synful | synful | synful | 
| Accusative | synfulne | synfulle | synful | 
| Genitive | synfulles | synfulre | synfulles | 
| Dative | synfullum | synfulre | synfullum | 
| Instrumental | synfulle | synfulre | synfulle | 
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | synfulle | synfulla, synfulle | synful | 
| Accusative | synfulle | synfulla, synfulle | synful | 
| Genitive | synfulra | synfulra | synfulra | 
| Dative | synfullum | synfullum | synfullum | 
| Instrumental | synfullum | synfullum | synfullum | 
Declension of synful — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | synfulla | synfulle | synfulle | 
| Accusative | synfullan | synfullan | synfulle | 
| Genitive | synfullan | synfullan | synfullan | 
| Dative | synfullan | synfullan | synfullan | 
| Instrumental | synfullan | synfullan | synfullan | 
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | synfullan | synfullan | synfullan | 
| Accusative | synfullan | synfullan | synfullan | 
| Genitive | synfulra, synfullena | synfulra, synfullena | synfulra, synfullena | 
| Dative | synfullum | synfullum | synfullum | 
| Instrumental | synfullum | synfullum | synfullum | 
Descendants
    
References
    
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “synfull”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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