seonoþ

Old English

Alternative forms

• seonod, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ

Etymology

From Latin synodus, from Ancient Greek σῠ́νοδος (sŭ́nodos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse͜o.noθ/

Noun

seonoþ m

1. synod, council, meeting
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Sē ġedweola was on þām Nyceanisċan sinoþe ḡeniðerad

     That heresy [Arianism] was condemned at the Council of Nicea.

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCLXXXV Hēr wæs ġeflitfullīċ seonoð æt Ċealchȳþe, and Ēanbriht arċebisċeop forlēt sumne dǣl his bisċeopdōmes, ⁊ frām Offan cinge Hiġebriht wæs ġecoren, ⁊ Eċġferð tō cininge ġehalgod.

     Year 785 In this year there was a contentious synod in Chalk, and Archbishop Eanbright gave up some a part of his bishopdom, and Higebright was chosen by King Offa, and Edgeferth was crowned king.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	seonoþ	seonoþas
accusative	seonoþ	seonoþas
genitive	seonoþes	seonoþa
dative	seonoþe	seonoþum

Derived terms

• bisceopseonoþ m (“synod of bishops”)
• seonoþbōc f (“book containing the decrees of a synod”)
• seonoþdōm m (“decree of a synod”)
• seonoþlīċ (“synodal, synodic”)
• seonoþstōw f (“place for a synod”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “seonoþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.