seint
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛi̯nt
Verb
seint
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of seinen
- (archaic) plural imperative of seinen
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaint]
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman seint, variant of Old French saint, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”), ultimately from Latin sanctus.
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old French
Noun
seint m (oblique plural seinz or seintz, nominative singular seinz or seintz, nominative plural seint)
- 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
- (the soul) looked right towards the sky
- Garda à destre vers le ciel,
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Lanval
- meïsmes l'an, aprés la Seint Jehan
- the same year, after the saint John holiday
- meïsmes l'an, aprés la Seint Jehan
- Le Vilain qui conquist paradis par plaid
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