Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• sein (Moselle Franconian)
• sinn (Kölsch)

Verb

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

1. (Ripuarian) to be

Etymology 2

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 scaldic poems Haustlöng). Compare the Latin iam.

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)

Adverb

senn

1. soon, at once

Descendants

• Icelandic: senn

References

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