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Syne

//saɪn// adv, prep

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Subsequently; then. Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Late. Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable

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

  3. 3
    Before now; ago. Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable

    "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, […]"

Preposition
  1. 1
    Since. Northern-England, Scotland

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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