sindon

American  

[sin-duhn] / ˈsɪn dən /

noun

Archaic.

1. cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.

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Etymology

Origin of sindon

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sindōn < Greek sindṓn

Example Sentences

Hwǣr cwōm mearg? hwǣr cwōm mago13? hwǣr cwōm māþþumgyfa? hwǣr cwōm symbla gesetu?     hwǣr sindon sęledrēamas?

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

This form ousted the older A.S. sind, sindon.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Comon di of þrym folcum þa strangestan Germaniæ; þæt of Seaxum, and of Angle, and of Geatum; of Geatum fruman sindon Cant-wære and Wiht-sætan, þæt is seo þeód se Wiht þat ealond on eardað.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Next was placed on the sindon the oblata, that is, the small loaves, according to the number of communicants, with the paten, which was large, and a gold chalice, duly prepared.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry

Then shouldst thou have inked thy tunic, Sissot; and it were pity, so good Cologne sindon as it is.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)