sendan

Japanese

Romanization

sendan

1. Rōmaji transcription of せんだん

Old English

Alternative forms

• sændan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sandijan, from Proto-Germanic *sandijaną.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian senda, Old Saxon sendian, Dutch zenden, Old High German sendan (German senden), Old Norse senda (Swedish sända), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sandjan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Welsh hynt (“path”), Lithuanian siusti (“send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsen.dɑn/

Verb

sendan

1. to send
   • Ða sende se cyng to þam flotan Leofsig ealdorman.

     Then the king sent alderman Leofsig to the fleet.

     (Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sendan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	sendan	sendenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sende	sende
second person singular	sendest, senst, sentst	sendest
third person singular	sendeþ, sent	sende
plural	sendaþ	sendon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sende	sende
plural	senden	senden
imperative
singular	send
plural	sendaþ
participle	present	past
	sendende	(ġe)sended

Derived terms

• asendan
• besendan
• foresendan
• forsendan
• forþsendan
• ġeondsendan
• ġesendan
• insendan
• ofersendan
• onsendan

Related terms

• sand (“a sending; mission; message”)
• sīþ
• ġesīþ

Descendants

• Middle English: senden, cenden, zende (Kent)
  • English: send
  • Yola: zeen