saden

English

Etymology

Arabic سَادِن (sādin).

Noun

saden (plural sadens)

1. (Islam) The custodian of a shrine.

Anagrams

• Sedan, Desna, snead, Snead, Sande, Deans, deans, nades, sedan, Adens, DNase, Denas, Sedna, Danes, Neads, Andes

Middle English

Alternative forms

• saade, sad, sadde, saddyn, sade

Etymology

From Old English sadian, from Proto-West Germanic *sadōn; equivalent to sad +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːdən/, /ˈsadən/

Verb

saden

1. To tire; to make or become weary.
2. To solidify; to make solid:
   1. To make secure or firm.
   2. (rare) To strengthen; to make strong.

Conjugation

Conjugation of saden (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) saden, sade
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sade	saded
2nd-person singular	sadest	sadedest
3rd-person singular	sadeth	saded
subjunctive singular	sade
imperative singular		—
plural1	saden, sade	sadeden, sadede
imperative plural	sadeth, sade	—
participles	sadynge, sadende	saded

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: sade (dialectal)
• Scots: sad

References

• “sā̆den, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.