Froman(“on”) +se(“to see”), fromLow Germanansehn(“to look at, consider”). CompareGermanansehen. In all three languages, the participle is used as an adjective with the meaning "respectable" (seeanset,ansehn,ansehen).Doublet ofse an.
anse (imperativeanse,infinitiveatanse,present tenseanser,past tenseanså,perfect tenseharanset)
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchanse, from LateOld Frenchanse, borrowed fromLatinānsa.
anse f
anse (imperativeanse,present tenseanser,passiveansesoransees,simple pastanså,past participleansett,present participleanseende)
Froman-(“un-”) +asse(“easy”), or directly fromProto-Celtic*an-sādo-syos (compareMiddle Welshanhawð, modernWelshanodd(“difficult, troublesome”).[1]
anse (comparativeansu,superlativeansam)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | anse | anse | anse |
vocative | ansi | ||
accusative | anse | ansi | |
genitive | ansi | anse | ansi |
dative | ansu | ansi | ansu |
plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
nominative | ansi | ansi | |
vocative | ansi ansu* | ||
accusative | ansi ansu* | ||
genitive | anse | ||
dative | ansib |
* when substantivized
radical | lenition | nasalization |
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anse (pronounced with/h/ inh-prothesis environments) | unchanged | n-anse |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromOld Swedishanse, fromMiddle Low Germanansen. Equivalent toan- +se.
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anse (presentanser,preteriteansåg,supineansett,imperativeanse)
active | passive | |||
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infinitive | anse | anses | ||
supine | ansett | ansetts | ||
imperative | anse | — | ||
imper. plural1 | ansen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | anser | ansåg | anses | ansågs |
ind. plural1 | anse | ånsågo | anses | ånsågos |
subjunctive2 | anse | ånsåge | anses | ånsåges |
present participle | anseende | |||
past participle | ansedd |
1 Archaic.2 Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.