sunne

See also: Sunne, sünné, and Sünne

English

Noun

sunne (plural sunnes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sun.

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Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna. Cognate with German Sonne, English sun.

Noun

sunne

1. (Sappada) sun

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Middle English

Noun

sunne

1. Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

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Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German sunna.

Noun

sunne f

1. sun

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Sunnä

  Italian Walser: sunna, sunnu, sònnò, ŝchunna, ŝchunnà

• Bavarian: Son

  Cimbrian: sunn, sonde, zunna

  Mòcheno: sunn

  Udinese: suna, sune, sunne

  Viennese: Sun

• Central Franconian: Sonn
• German: Sonne
• Luxembourgish: Sonn
• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Sunn

  Pennsylvania German: Sunn

• Vilamovian: zunn, zun
• Yiddish: זון (zun)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sunne

1. definite singular of sunn
2. plural of sunn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sunne

1. definite singular of sunn
2. plural of sunn

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Old English

Alternative forms

• sunna, sunnu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.ne/

Noun

sunne f

1. sun

Declension

Declension of sunne (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sunne	sunnan
accusative	sunnan	sunnan
genitive	sunnan	sunnena
dative	sunnan	sunnum

Derived terms

• sunbryne
• sunbēam
• sunlīċ
• sunnan sċīma
• sunnan āsprungennes
• sunnanǣfen
• sunnandæġ
• sunnanmorgen
• sunnanniht
• *sunniġ
• sunstede

 

Synonyms

• sōl
• sweġel, sweġl
• Siġel

Descendants

• Middle English: sonne, sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen, zunne (Southern West Mid), zonne (Kent)
  • English: sun
  • Scots: sun
  • Yola: zin

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ.

Noun

sunne f

1. sun

Descendants

• North Frisian: san
• Saterland Frisian: Sunne
• West Frisian: sinne

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō.

Noun

sunne f

1. legal obligation

Declension

O-stem

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen