sendan
Japanese
Romanization
sendan
- Rōmaji transcription of せんだん
Old English
Alternative forms
- sændan
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, from a causative ablaut-variant of *sinþ-, from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ent-. Cognate with Old Frisian senda, Old Saxon sendian, Dutch zenden, Old High German sendan (German senden), Old Norse senda (Swedish sända), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽. The Indo-European root is also the source of Welsh hynt ‘path’, Lithuanian siusti ‘send’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsendɑn/
Verb
sendan
- to send
- Ða sende se cyng to þam flotan Leofsig ealdorman. Then the king sent alderman Leofsig to the fleet. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sendan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | sendan | tō sendenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | sende | sende |
| 2nd-person singular | sendest | sendest |
| 3rd-person singular | sendeþ | sende |
| plural | sendaþ | sendon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | sende | sende |
| plural | senden | senden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | send | |
| plural | sendaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| sendende | (ġe)sended | |
Derived terms
- besendan
- foresendan
- forsendan
- forþsendan
- insendan
- ofersendan
- onsendan
- ġeondsendan
- ġesendan
Related terms
- sand (“a sending; mission; message”)
- sīþ
- ġesīþ
Descendants
- Middle English: senden
- English: send