senn
Central Franconian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”) (with some parts from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *es-, *h₁es- (“to be, exist”).
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
senn (third-person singular present es, past tense wor, past participle jewäs)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German sëhen, from Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan. Compare the same contracted form in Old Dutch sian.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
senn (third-person singular present süht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesenn)
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse senn, from the older form seðr (which appears e.g. in the skaldic poem Haustlǫng).
Cognate with Old Frisian sōn, Old Saxon sāno, Old English sōna (English soon), Old High German sān.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛnː
Adverb edit
senn
- soon, presently, after a while
- Sundlaugin opnar senn.
- The swimming pool will open after a while.
- Jesús kemur senn.
- Jesus will come soon.
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
- seðr — older
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *sanþi (“soon, at once”), a denominal adverb derived from the root of *sinnaną (“to head for, long for”).
Adverb edit
senn
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “senn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press