Syne

Syne
This interesting surname with variant spellings Syne, Sine, Sign, Signe, Siene, etc. is a dialectal variant of the locational name Signet in Oxfordshire, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century "senget" meaning "a place cleared by burning". The placename is recorded as Senech in "The Assize Rolls of 1285", Seynat, Saynet "Inquisitions post mortem of 1289". The surname dates back to the late 16th Century, (see below). Church records include one Robert Sine who married Alice Butcher on November 24th 1579, at St. Martins Chichester, Sussex. Edward, son of Edward Signe, was christened on July 20th 1621, at St. Margaret's Westminster, and Susanna Siene, a French Huguenot, was christened on December 17th 1626, at Threadneedle Street, London. Mary, daughter of Richard Signe, was christened on February 19th 1630, in Rogate, Sussex. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Annes Syne married Phillipp London, which was dated 1575, at St. Giles, Cripplegte, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Syne — Syne, adv. [See {Since}.] 1. Afterwards; since; ago. [Obs. or Scot.] R. of Brunne. [1913 Webster] 2. Late, as opposed to soon. [1913 Webster] [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne. W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Syne — Syne, conj. Since; seeing. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • syne — as in Burns poem Auld Lang Syne (1788) is recorded from c.1300, Scot. form of SINCE (Cf. since) (q.v.), without the adverbial genitive inflection …   Etymology dictionary

  • Syne — Syne, bei den Mohren der zehnte Monat des Jahres, welcher den 26. Mai des Julianischen Kalenders begann …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • syne — [sīn] Scot. adv. [Scot < ME sithen: see SINCE] since; ago conj., prep. since …   English World dictionary

  • Syne — Lionel Syne (* 18. Mai 1976 in Stavelot) ist ein belgischer Straßenradrennfahrer. Lionel Syne gewann 2002 zwei Etappen bei der Tour du Faso. Im nächsten Jahr fuhr er für das Webcor Cycling Team, wo er jeweils Dritter beim Merced Downtown… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • syne — sin·syne; syne; …   English syllables

  • Syne Mitchell — Infobox Writer imagesize = 150px name = Syne Mitchell caption = birth date = 1970 birth place = Jackson, Mississippi, United States death date = death place = occupation = Novelist genre = Science fiction movement = magnum opus = influences =… …   Wikipedia

  • syne — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English (northern), probably contraction of Old English siththan since more at since Date: 14th century chiefly Scottish since then ; ago II. conjunction or preposition Date: 14th century Scottish since …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • syne — /suyn/, adv., prep., conj. Scot. and North Eng. since. [1300 50; ME (north) seine, syn, contraction of sethen since; see SITH] * * * …   Universalium

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