Syne vs Tyne - What's the difference?
syne | tyne |
(Scotland, northern England) Subsequently; then.
*1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 38:
*:Yet in two-three years they'd chaved and saved enough for gear and furnishings, and were married at last, and syne' Will was born, and ' syne Chris herself was born, and the Guthries rented a farm in Echt [...].
(Scotland, northern England) Before now; ago.
(Scotland, northern England) late
* W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace)
A river in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne is found upon its northern bank and Gateshead is found upon its southern bank.
As an adverb syne
is (scotland|northern england) subsequently; then.As a noun tyne is
(obsolete) anxiety; teen or tyne can be (prong or point of an antler).As a verb tyne is
(obsolete) to become lost; to perish.syne
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne .