Syon

syon

1. Obsolete spelling of scion
• 1483, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, Catholicon Anglicum, page 341A SyonÌ„ or A twige ; Aborigo & proprie est pluralis Numeri, vitulamen, frutex, & cetera ; vbi twigge (A.).
• 1513, Virgil, , and tr., , book 3^?

• 1874, Gavin Douglas and John Small ed., The poetical works of Gavin Douglas, bishop of Dunkeld : with memoir, notes, and glossary, page 120 ^{〃, 〃} (W. Paterson)Bot eftir that the thrid syon of treis,
  Apon the sandis sittand on my kneis,
  I schupe to haue wprevin with mair preise,
  Quhidder sall I speik now, or hald my peice ?