Middle English Dictionary Entry

sineu n.
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Entry Info

Forms sineu n. Also sineue, sineou, sinou(e, sinue(u, sinu(e, sinuu, sin(u)we, sin(e, sinoghe, sinnou, sinnu, cineu, cinwe, seneu(e, senou(e, senue, senwe, cenu, zeneu, (error) syewe; pl. sineues, etc. & sinuen, sineis, sinneues, sinnes, zines, sennes, sennus, senwe, cenowes & (early SWM) seonew(w)en, senuwen, (early) sinan, (nom., acc., gen.) sina, (dat.) sinum & (error) senouns.
Etymology OE seonu, sinu, acc. sine, sinwe, sinuwan, dat. sinwe, LOE sinewe, pl. seonuwa, seonowe, seonwe, senwe, sinwe, sina, gen. sina, dat. seonowum, sinum; also cp. ON: cp. OI sin.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) A fibrous cord connecting a muscle to a bone or other bodily part, a tendon; a ligament or other connective tissue; also, a muscle [quot.: ?a1450 Macer]; hole in ~ and veine, completely healthy; kne (hough) ~, the hamstring; thurgh nerve and ~, throughout the body; tasten ~ and veine, to examine a patient thoroughly; (b) the tendon of an animal used for food; -- also coll.; (c) the tendon of an animal used in the construction of bows or military machines; (d) the tendon of an animal used to bind someone; a fetter.
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A part of the body that transmits the capacity to feel or move from the brain or spinal cord, a nerve [sometimes confused with 1.(a)]; ~ of feling, feling (sensible) ~, a sensory nerve; crossed ~, the optic nerve; movinge ~, a motor nerve; reversif ~, the laryngeal nerve; speche ~, a lingual nerve [Latin nervus vocalis], supposed to control the tongue and so the power of speech.
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3.
A vein in a leaf.
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4.
In surname.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sennon.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sinew.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. feeling sinew.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. moving sinew.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. reversive sinew.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sinew of feeling.

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