"sunne" meaning in Old English

See sunne in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsun.ne/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sunnā}} Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sunnǭ}} Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, {{inh|ang|ine-pro||*sh̥₂uén-}} Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén- Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|head=sunne}} sunne f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|sunn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sunne|sunnan|sunnan|sunnan|sunnan|sunnena|sunnan|sunnum|num=|title=|type=weak n-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sunne [nominative, singular], sunnan [nominative, plural], sunnan [accusative, singular], sunnan [accusative, plural], sunnan [genitive, singular], sunnena [genitive, plural], sunnan [dative, singular], sunnum [dative, plural], sunna [alternative], sunnu [alternative]
  1. sun Tags: feminine Synonyms: sōl, sweġel, sweġl, Siġel
    Sense id: en-sunne-ang-noun-J3VvBQ4U Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Astronomy, Celestial bodies, Light sources, Sun Derived forms: sunbryne, sunlīċ, sunnan āsprungennes, sunnan sċīma, sunnanǣfen, sunnandæġ, sunnanmorgen, sunnanniht, sunnebēam, *sunniġ, sunstede

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda.",
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          "english": "Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWitodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðrīddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne' on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bīð ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð sēo sunne, and ðǣs ealdiġendan mannes mæġen bīð waniġende. Sēo endlyfte tīd bīð sēo forwerode ealdnyss, þām dēaðe ġenēalǣċende, swā swā sēo sunne setlunge ġenēalǣhð on þǣs dæġes ġeendunge.",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sunnǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*sh̥₂uén-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunna",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunnu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "sunne"
      },
      "expansion": "sunne f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sunn"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sunne",
        "2": "sunnan",
        "3": "sunnan",
        "4": "sunnan",
        "5": "sunnan",
        "6": "sunnena",
        "7": "sunnan",
        "8": "sunnum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak n-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English feminine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English feminine nouns",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Astronomy",
        "ang:Celestial bodies",
        "ang:Light sources",
        "ang:Sun"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda.",
          "translation": "Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nWitodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðrīddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne' on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bīð ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð sēo sunne, and ðǣs ealdiġendan mannes mæġen bīð waniġende. Sēo endlyfte tīd bīð sēo forwerode ealdnyss, þām dēaðe ġenēalǣċende, swā swā sēo sunne setlunge ġenēalǣhð on þǣs dæġes ġeendunge.",
          "translation": "Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging man's strength is waning. The eleventh hour is worn-out old age, approaching death, like the sun approaches its setting at the end of the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sun",
          "sun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsun.ne/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sōl"
    },
    {
      "word": "sweġel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sweġl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Siġel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sunne"
}

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