different between syne vs lyne

English

Etymology

From Middle English syne, syn, sin, a contracted form of sithen (“since”). More at sithen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?n/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /s?in/

Adverb

syne (comparative more syne, superlative most syne)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Subsequently; then. [from 14th c.]
   • 1866, Susanna Blamire, and Sidney Gilpin (ed.), Songs and Poems, page 17:

     At last he comes, and on his knee

     The wee tots a'thegether cling,

     An' ilk yen strives to catch his ee,

     Syne tugs his cwoat an' bids him sing.

   • 1894, Howard Pease, The Mark o' The Deil And Other Northumbrian Tales, page 20:

     Sic a pair o' friends aa nivvor seed either before or syne.
2. (Scotland, Northern England, chiefly in phrases like "soon as syne") Late.
   • W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace)

     [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.

   • 1843, Walter Scott, Waverly, page 357:

     "I had rather it came to-morrow than a month hence. Come, I know, it will; and, as your country folks say, better soon than syne  […]

3. (Scotland, Northern England) Before now; ago. [from 16th c.]
   • 1808, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Sheperd, page 64:

     I eat, drink, and sleep as sound as I did twenty years syne; yes, I laugh heartily too, and find as many subjects to employ that faculty upon as ever; fools, fops, and knaves, grow as rank as formerly, yet here and there, […]

   • 1859, Old and Young, page 11:

     Camden Lyde had come to dwell in Mapleblade, a long while syne. His father had been in times past the parish parson, and the son was kindly affectionate to the old village scenes, and to the faces that seemed in some sort to belong to him } […]

Synonyms

• (subsequently): ensuingly, followingly; see also Thesaurus:then

Preposition

syne

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Since.
   • 1840, Howitt, Hope On, page ii:

     I've niver set fute i' Gibb's Ha' syne his father's death.

   • 1880, Banks, Wooers, III, i:

     Shoo's […] gitten fair pratty, syne Maister Allen gat wed.

See also

• auld lang syne

References

Anagrams

• NYSE, Neys, neys, nyes, snye, syen, yens

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de/het) zijne.

Pronoun

syne

1. his (that or those of him)

   Hy het my hemp aangehad en ek syne.

   He wore my shirt and I wore his.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sýna (“show”), derived from the noun sjón (“sight”), see Danish syn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sy?n?]

Verb

syne

1. to inspect (a car or other vehicle to determine whether it is fit for use)

2. to examine, appraise
3. (intransitive) to look, appear (seem to have a certain quality)
4. (intransitive) be visible

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

syne n

1. genitive form of syn

   komme til syne - to come into view

Verb

syne (present tense syner, past tense and past participle synet)

1. to appear,to become visible

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

syne n

1. kome til syne - to come into view

Verb

syne (present tense syner, past tense synte, past participle synt, passive infinitive synast, present participle synande, imperative syn)

1. Alternative form of syna

References

• “syne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English s?n, northern form of sithen, from Old English siþþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?in/

Adverb

syne (not comparable)

1. afterwards, thereupon
2. thus, hence
3. since, ago

Derived terms

• lang syne

References

• “syne” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

English

Noun

lyne (countable and uncountable, plural lynes)

1. Obsolete form of line.
2. Obsolete form of linen.

   • Nor any weaver, which his work doth boast
     In diaper, in damask, or in lyne,
     Might in their diverse cunning ever dare
     With this so curious net-work to compare.

Anagrams

• -enyl, enyl, leyn

Danish

Etymology

See lyn (“lightning”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly?n?/, [?ly?n?]

Verb

lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)

1. zip (to close with a zip fastener)
2. lighten, lightning (to produce lightning)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lyn, line, lin, lynye, lyny

Etymology 1

From Old English l?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?n/, /lin/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

lyne (uncountable)

1. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.
2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.
3. Cloth woven from flax; linen.

Synonyms

• flex

Descendants

• English: line, linseed (in compound with seed)
• Yola: leen

References

• “l??n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyne

1. Alternative form of lynnen

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?n(?)/

Noun

lyne

1. Alternative form of lynde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ly?.n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From lyn n (“lightning”).

Alternative forms

• ljona, lyna

Verb

lyne (present tense lyner, past tense lynte, past participle lynt, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)

1. (impersonal, intransitive) to produce lightning

2. (intransitive) to emit one or more flashes, to gleam
3. (intransitive, of eyes, idiomatic) to light up (in rage)
4. (intransitive) to flash; to move very fast

Etymology 2

From the adjective ly (“lew, tepid”).

Alternative forms

• lyna

Verb

lyne (present tense lynar, past tense lyna, past participle lyna, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)

1. (ergative) to lew

References

• “lyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “lyne” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Anagrams

• ylen