"sin-" meaning in Old English

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Prefix

IPA: /sin/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sin-, from Proto-Germanic *sin-, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-. Cognate with Old Frisian sin-, Old Saxon sin-, Old High German sin-, Old Norse sí-. Related to Old English sinnan (“to meditate on, care about, heed”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sin-}} Proto-West Germanic *sin-, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sin-}} Proto-Germanic *sin-, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*sem-}} Proto-Indo-European *sem-, {{cog|ofs|sin-|}} Old Frisian sin-, {{cog|osx|sin-|}} Old Saxon sin-, {{cog|goh|sin-|}} Old High German sin-, {{cog|non|sí-}} Old Norse sí-, {{cog|ang|sinnan||to meditate on, care about, heed}} Old English sinnan (“to meditate on, care about, heed”) Head templates: {{head|ang|prefix|head=|sort=}} sin-, {{ang-prefix}} sin-
  1. ever-, continual, perpetual Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sin--ang-prefix-8XzZJLwW Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (poetic) huge, immense; very Tags: morpheme, poetic
    Sense id: en-sin--ang-prefix-Nt7-1PeC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sine-
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