Sinnan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sinnan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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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