sunne

See also: Sunne, sünné, and Sünne

English

Noun

sunne (plural sunnes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sun.

Anagrams

• NNUEs

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sunne

1. Alternative form of sonne (“sun”)

Etymology 2

Noun

sunne

1. (West Midlands, Southern) Alternative form of synne

Etymology 3

Noun

sunne

1. (West Midlands, Southern) Alternative form of synnen

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German sunna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠unnə/

Noun

sunne f or m

1. sun

Declension

Declension of sunne (feminine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	sunne	die	sunnen
genitive	einer	dër	sunnen	dër	sunnen
dative	einer	dër	sunnen	dën	sunnen
accusative	eine	die	sunnen	die	sunnen

Declension of sunne (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	sunne	die	sunnen
genitive	eines	dës	sunnen	dër	sunnen
dative	eime	dëm	sunnen	dën	sunnen
accusative	einen	dën	sunnen	die	sunnen

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, Sunn (rarer variant)
  • Hunsrik: Sunn, Sonn
  • Luxembourgish: Sonn
• German: Sonne
• Rhine Franconian:

  Palatine German: Sunn

  Pennsylvania German: Sunn

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sunne

1. definite singular of sunn
2. plural of sunn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sunne

1. definite singular of sunn
2. plural of sunn

Old English

Alternative forms

• sunna, sunnu m

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

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	sunne	sunnan
accusative	sunnan	sunnan
genitive	sunnan	sunnena
dative	sunnan	sunnum

Synonyms

• sōl
• sweġel, sweġl
• Siġel

Derived terms

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

 

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

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

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