senn

• IPA^(key): /zen/

From Middle High German 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”). The /e/ requires a shortened Middle High German sin, probably from levelling with the inflection sint; cf. similarly Luxembourgish sinn, Limburgish zeen.

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

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

1. (most of Ripuarian) to be

From Middle High German sien, from Old High German *sian, northern variant of sehan. Compare the same contracted form in Old Dutch sian.

• sinn (Kölsch)
• sehn (most of Moselle Franconian, variant in Ripuarian)
• siehn, sinn, gesinn (south-western Moselle Franconian)

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

1. (parts of Ripuarian) to see

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.

• Rhymes: -ɛnː

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.

• í senn

senn f

1. alternative form of synn

• seðr — older

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

senn

1. soon, at once

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “senn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive