singän

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Norse signa (“to sink down”), inchoative form of síga = siig.

Verb

singän (preterite singnä)

  1. (intransitive, of people) sink slowly (on one's knees), succumb
  2. (intransitive, of objects) sink down, toughen, become tenacious

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Etymology 2

From Old Norse signa (“to mark with the sign of Thor's hammer; to cross oneself; to bless”).

Verb

singän (preterite signä)

  1. to bless
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