senn

See also: sénn, Sënn, and س

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zen/

Etymology 1

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

• sein (Moselle Franconian)
• sinn (Kölsch)
• zieë (Kirchröadsj)

Verb

senn (third-person singular present es, past tense wor, past participle jewäs)

1. (Ripuarian) to be

Etymology 2

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

• sehn
• siehn, sinn, gesinn (Moselle Franconian)

Verb

senn (third-person singular present süht or sitt, past tense sooch, past participle jesenn)

1. (some dialects of Ripuarian) to see

Icelandic

Etymology

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

• Rhymes: -ɛnː

Adverb

senn

1. 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

• í senn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• seðr — older

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sanþi (“soon, at once”), a denominal adverb derived from the root of *sinnaną (“to head for, long for”).

Adverb

senn

1. soon, at once

Descendants

• Icelandic: senn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: senn
• Swedish: sänder (in i sänder)

Further reading

• “senn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press