Old English · noun
sunne
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsun.ne/
- Syllables
- ˈsun · ne (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- sun
Meaning
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sun
An. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda.
Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén-, oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥.
Descendants
sun
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