singän
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- säingän
- sengen
Etymology 1
From Old Norse signa (“to sink down”), inchoative form of síga = siig.
Verb
singän (preterite singnä)
- (intransitive, of people) sink slowly (on one's knees), succumb
- (intransitive, of objects) sink down, toughen, become tenacious
Synonyms
- siig
See also
- stengän
Etymology 2
From Old Norse signa (“to mark with the sign of Thor's hammer; to cross oneself; to bless”).
Verb
singän (preterite signä)
- to bless