Old English Dictionary Entry

Sunna

Part of speech: an; Related words: sunne. sunna

Definitions

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1 sunna

m. The sun:?-Sóna eode sunna up, Gen. 32, 31: Ps. Th. 148, 3. Sunne (-a, MS. J.), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 297, 7. Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10. [The word is usually feminine in the Teutonic dialects, but masculine forms are found in Goth. sunna: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. sunno.]

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚾᚾᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Goth.: Gothic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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