Sinnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sinnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 sinnan

p. sann, pl. sunnon ; pp. sunnen ; with gen. To care for, mind, heed :--Ne ic mé eorþwelan ówiht sinne, ne mé mid móde micles gyrne, Exon. Th. 121, 18 ; Gú. 290. Hé wæs swungen sárslegum . . . hrá weorces ne sann (the body cared not for pain), Andr. Kmbl. 2556 ; An. 1279. Hié fægerra (-o, MS.) lyt for ædelinge idesa (-e, MS.) sunnun ac hié Sarran swíðor micle wynsumne wlite heredon they (Pharaoh's nobles) heeded little fair women before the prince, but much more did they praise the winsome beauty of Sarah, Cd. Th. 111, 10 ; Gen. 1853. [Cf. Icel. sinna (wk.) to care for, mind, give heed to.] sinnan

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ᛋᛁᚾᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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