different between sess vs soss

English

Alternative forms

• cess

Etymology

Aphetic form of assess.

Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Noun

sess (plural sesses)

1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

References

• sess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• söß, söss, soss

Etymology

From Middle Low German ses, from Old Saxon sehs. Compare German sechs, Dutch zes.

Numeral

sess

1. (Low Prussian) six (6)

See also

• Plautdietsch: sass

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz (“seat”). Cognate with Old English sess (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s?/

  Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

sess m (genitive singular sess, nominative plural sessar)

1. place to sit, seat

   Synonym: sæti

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian sesso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Noun

sess m (plural sessi)

1. gender
2. sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitte.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sesser, definite plural sessene)

1. seat
2. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• være tung i sessen

References

• “sess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitja.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sessar, definite plural sessane)

1. seat
2. milking stool
3. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• tung i sessen

Synonyms

• (seat): sete, sitjeplass
• (milking stool): mjølkekrakk

References

• “sess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós.

Noun

sess m (genitive sess, plural sessar)

1. seat

Descendants

References

• sess in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Etymology 1

From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.

Alternative forms

• suss

Noun

soss (plural sosses)

1. (Britain, dialect) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)

1. (Britain, dialect) To soil; to make dirty.

Etymology 2

Compare souse.

Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)

1. To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
   • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

     sossing in an easy chair

2. To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
   • May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, Journal to Stella – Letter 24

     the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way

Noun

soss (plural sosses)

1. (obsolete) A lazy fellow.
2. A heavy fall.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

• OSS's, OSSs, SSOs

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sus. Cognate with German sonst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zos/
  • Rhymes: -os

Adverb

soss

1. otherwise
2. usually
3. elsewhere

Conjunction

soss

1. otherwise, or else

   Du muss dech fläissen, soss verpass du den Zuch.

   You must hurry up, or else you will miss the train.