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Definition of 'syon'

English

Noun

  • * 1483 , Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, Catholicon Anglicum , page 341
  • A Syon? or A twige?;?Aborigo & p''ro''p''r''ie e''st'' pl''u''r''al''is Num''er''i'', ''vitulame''n, ''frutex'', ''&'' cetera?;?''v''b''i twigge (A.).
  • * 1513 , , book 3?, lines 19–22; reprinted in:
  • * 1874 , and John Small [ed.], The poetical works of Gavin Douglas, bishop of Dunkeld?:?with memoir, notes, and glossary , page 120] [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Fb06AAAAMAAJ&q=%22thrid+syon+of+treis%22&dq=%22thrid+syon+of+treis%22&ei=0p_rSaPAIIyENKapuLQB&pgis=1 ?], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rjIhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22thrid+syon+of+treis%22&dq=%22thrid+syon+of+treis%22&ei=0p_rSaPAIIyENKapuLQB&pgis=1 ? (W. Paterson)
  • Bot eftir that the thrid syon of treis,
    Apon the sandis sittand on my kneis,
    I schupe to haue wprevin with mair preise,
    Quhidder sall I speik now, or hald my peice??

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