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sunu

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §111; §215; §217; §218; §252; §284; §285; §306; §331; §395; §396;
a son
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  • Mín se gecorena sunu (sune,

      Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 17.

  • Sum man hæfde twegen suna (suno,

      Lind. Rush.) . . .
    ealle his þing gegaderude se gingra sunu (suno, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 15, 11, 13.

  • Sunu Healfdenes,

      Beo. Th 1294; B. 645.

  • Féng tó Beornica ríce Æþelfriþes suna,

      Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 13.

  • Swíþhelm, Seaxbaldes suna,

      3, 22; S. 553, 42: 3, 24; S. 556, 26.

  • Hwæðer hit sig ðínes suna,

      Gen. 37, 32.

  • Word hiere suna,

      Elen. Kmbl. 443; El. 222: Exon. Th. 6, 34; Cri. 94.

  • Heó ne gehýrde ná hyre leófan sunu stemne (

    but

    suna ll.
      20, 24), Wulfst. 152, 16.

  • Gif his sunu and his sunu sunu geþeóþ,

      L. Wg. 11; Th. i. 188, 10.

  • Cyning ðe macode hys suna (sune, Lind.: sunu, Rush.

    filio

    ) gyfta,
      Mt. Kmbl. 22, 2.

  • Án mann hæfde twegen suna (sunu,

      Lind.: sunes, Rush.); ðá
    cwæð hé tó ðam yldran suna, 21, 28: Beo. Th. 4055; B. 2025.

  • Ic fare tó mínum sunu,

      Gen. 37, 35: Exon. Th. 40, 8; Cri. 635.

  • Wille ic ásecgan sunu Healfdenes, mǽrum þeódne, mín ǽrende,

      Beo. Th. 694; B. 344.

  • Ic ðé forgife sunu,

      Gen. 17, 16.

  • Heó sunu (suno,

      Rush.) cende, Lk. Skt. 1, 57.

  • Sege ðæt ðás míne twegen suna (suno,

      Lind.: sunæ, Rush.) sittan . . ., Mt. Kmbl. 20, 21: Cd. Th. 93, 24; Gen. 1551.

  • Suno,

      97, 19; Gen. 1615.

  • Sunu,

      199, 1; Exod. 332: 199, 19; Exod. 341.

  • Hé worn gestrýnde suna and dohtra,

      Cd. Th. 74, 13; Gen. 1221.

  • Hwaet suna hæfde Adam? .xxx. sunena and .xxx. dohtra,

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 184, 31-32.
  • Hwí sceal ic beón bedǽled ǽgðer mínra sunena on ánum dæge? Gen. 27, 45: Lev. 7, 32.

  • Zebedéis sunena (suna, MS. A., Lind.: sunena, Rush.) módor

    mater filiorum Zebedaei,

      Mt. Kmbl. 27, 56.
  • Sunana, p. 18, 14.

  • Beód Aarone and his sunum,

      Lev. 6, 20.

  • Mid sunum ðínum,

      Cd. Th. 78, 28; Gen. 1300.

  • Heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean suna and dohter,

      Ps. Th. 105, 27.

  • Hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befæstan, bánfatu bærnan, Beo. Th. 2234; B. 1115. ¶ In expressions denoting degrees of descent :-- Suna sunu nepos, neptis, þridda sunu

    pronepus, proneptis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 35.

  • Feórþa sunu

    abnepos,

      4, 73: 8, 22.

  • Fífta sunu

    adnepos,

      8, 23.

  • Suna sune vel bróðer sune nepos, feówerþe sune abnepos, fífte sune adnepos, sixte sune

    trinepos,

    i.
      51, 71-77.

  • Fæderan sunan patrueles, móddriau sunan matrueles, fæderon sunan

    fratres patrueles,

      52, 1-4.
used of animals
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  • Ðære myran sunu

    equae filius,

      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 30.

  • Ðæs gores sunu

    the beetle,

      Exon. Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72.
Etymology
[Goth. sunus: O. Sax. sunu (-o), pl. suni: O. L. Ger. sunu (-o), sun: O. Frs. sunu, sun, son; pl. acc. suna, sunar, sonen: O. H. Ger. sunu, sun; pl. suni: Icel. sonr; pl. sønir, synir, acc. sonu.]
Similar entries
v. bisceop-, gást-, god-, hornung-, steóp-, sun-sunu.
Linked entries
v.  suna.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sunu.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/29414.

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