anse

Alternative forms

• annse, insæ, inse

Etymology

From an- (“un-”) +‎ asse (“easy”), or directly from Proto-Celtic *an-sādo-syos (compare Middle Welsh anhawð, modern Welsh anodd (“difficult, troublesome”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan͈se/

Adjective

anse (comparative ansu, superlative ansam)

1. difficult, impossible
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b28

     is inse ṅduit; ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     it is impossible for you sg; it is not you that nourish it, but it that nourishes you

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ansae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology

From Old Swedish anse, from Middle Low German ansen. Equivalent to an- +‎ se.

Pronunciation

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Verb

anse (present anser, preterite ansåg, supine ansett, imperative anse)

1. to be of an opinion, to think, to believe, to feel

   Sven anser att Beatles var riktigt bra

   Sven thinks (is of the opinion) that the Beatles were really good

   Vi anser att den här metoden är mest lovande

   We believe (are of the opinion that) this method is the most promising

References

• anse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• asen, enas, nesa, sena, snea