FromMiddle Englishsense, fromOld Frenchsens, fromLatinsensus.
zense
- sense
1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page114, lines6-7:wi vengem o' core t'gie ourezense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;- to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, oursense of the qualities which characterise your name,
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page114