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Old English · noun

scrin

Normalised sċrīn

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ʃriːn/
Syllables
ʃriːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
reliquaryshrinecageark of the covenantcriminalsarkcovenant

Meaning

  1. reliquary

  2. the Ark of the Covenant

  3. a cage used to hold criminals

Declension

Declension of scrin
SingularPlural
Nominative sċrīnsċrīn
Accusative sċrīnsċrīn
Genitive sċrīnessċrīna
Dative sċrīnesċrīnum

All forms (5)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin scrīnium (“reliquary”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)

Descendants

shrine

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