sunne

See also: Sunne, sünné, and Sünne

English

Noun

sunne (plural sunnes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sun.

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.

Noun

sunne f or m

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)

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

Declension of sunne (weak)

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

Synonyms

• sōl
• sweġel, sweġl
• Siġel

Derived terms

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

 

Descendants

• Middle English: sonne, sunne, sone, son, sune, sun, sunna, sunnæ, synne, soen; zunne; zonne
  • 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