Meaning of syne | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to inspect (a car or other vehicle to determine whether it is fit for use)
2. to examine, appraise
3. to look, appear (seem to have a certain quality)
   intransitive
4. be visible
   intransitive

Examples

“Bilen er netop synet.”

The car has just been inspected.

“Orm havde lagt mærke til, at Sigtrygg en tid havde stirret mørkt på ham og Toke, og et par gange havde det set ud, som om han ville sige noget; og da nu sværdene kom tilbage, synede han dem nøje og nikkede, og det så ud til, at han havde svært ved at give dem fra sig.”

Orm had noticed that Sigtrygg had, for a while, stared darkly at him and Toke, and a couple of times it had seemed as though he would say something; and now, as the swords returned, he examined them closely, nodded and seemed reluctant to give them away.

“Det syner ikke godt.”

It does not bode well.

“Men de tilbageværende skavanker synede af mindre, fordi Sidsel holdt møblerne pænt rene”

But the remaining faults seemed smaller, because Sidsel kept the furniture nicely clean

“Byernes borgere var stolte af deres kirker, hvis tårne synede milevidt ud over det omgivende landskab.”

The citizens were proud of their churches, whose towers could be seen from miles away in the surrounding landscape.

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