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Webster 1913 Edition


Seint

Seint

,
Noun.
[See
Cincture
.]
A girdle.
[Obs.]
“Girt with a seint of silk.”
Chaucer.

Seint

,
Noun.
A saint.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


seint

seint

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

seint

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of seinen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of seinen

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaint]

Adjective

seint

  1. inflection of seinur:
    1. neuter nominative singular
    2. neuter accusative singular

Adverb

seint (comparative seinni or seinri, superlative seinast)

  1. late
    ov seint ― too late

Middle English

Noun

seint (plural seints)

  1. saint
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

seint

  1. neuter singular of sein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

seint

  1. neuter singular of sein

Old French

Noun

seint m (oblique plural seinz or seintz, nominative singular seinz or seintz, nominative plural seint)

  1. Alternative form of saint