synful

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === senful, sinful, synffol, synfull sinfull, symful, synfle, synneful (Late Middle English); sinnfull (Ormulum); cynfulle (Promptorium Parvulorum) senfol, senvul, zenvol (Kent); sunfol, sunful, sunvol, sunvul (Southern, Southwest Midland) === 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/ IPA(key): /ˈzyn(ə)vul/ (Southern, Southwest Midland) === 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 Middle Scots: synfull Scots: sinfu === Noun === synful (plural synfulle) A sinful individual. === References === “sinful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Alternative forms === synnful, synnfull, synfull === Etymology === From synn +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsyn.ful/ === Adjective === synful (comparative synfulra) sinful "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 9, verse 25 (substantive) a sinner ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: synfulEnglish: sinfulMiddle Scots: synfullScots: sinfu === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “synfull”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.