sonsen.

Brit.

/sɒns/, U.S.

/sɑns/, Scottish English

/sons/, Irish English

/sʌns/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 1700s sons, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– sonce, 1700s sonsy (see note), 1700s– sonse, 1900s– shonce; Irish English (chiefly northern) 1800s– sonce, 1800s– sonse.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymon: Scottish Gaelic sonas.

Etymology: Apparently < Scottish Gaelic sonas good fortune, prosperity, happiness (Early Irish sonas ; < son prosperous, fortunate, lucky (of unknown origin) + -as , suffix forming nouns: see -ness suffix); compare Irish sonas, in the same sense.With sonse fa' ye, sonse on ye at sense 2 perhaps compare Scottish Gaelic sonas..ort , lit. ‘prosperity..on you’ and sonas..dhuit , lit. ‘prosperity..to you’. The form sonsy appears in a poetic work in the context of a similar phrase, where it specifies a nonstandard disyllabic pronunciation, apparently for the sake of metre.

Scottish and Irish English. Now rare.

1. Abundance, plenty; prosperity; happiness; luck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun]

selthc888

healc950

wealOE

goder-heala1225

prosperity?c1225

wealtha1300

statec1300

healtha1325

welfare1357

theedom1362

wealfulnessc1374

bonchiefa1387

felicity1393

boota1400

wella1400

wealsc1400

well-doingc1440

prosperancea1460

happiness?1473

quartfulness1483

brightnessa1500

goodnessa1500

sonsea1500

thriftiness?1529

prosperation1543

well-being1561

prosperousness1600

fair world1641

thrivingness1818

goldenness1829

palminess1875

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance

plentya1250

foison13..

abundance1340

copyc1375

fultha1400

plentya1425

murth?a1450

store1471

sonsea1500

banquet?1507

fouth1535

choice1584

horn of plenty (also abundancec1595

wealth1596

cornucopia1611

rifea1614

copia1713

bumper1759

beaucoup1760

lashings1829

plethora1835

any amount (of)1848

in galore1848

opulence1878

binder1881

lushing1890

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun]

speedOE

fulsomenesslOE

wonea1300

fulsomeheada1325

cheapc1325

largitya1382

plenteousnessa1382

plenteoustea1382

plentya1382

abundancec1384

affluencec1390

largenessc1400

uberty?a1412

aboundingc1425

fullness1440

copiousness1447

rifenessc1450

copy1484

abundancy?1526

copiosity1543

plentifulness1555

ampleness1566

umberty?1578

acquire1592

amplitude1605

plentitude1609

plenitude1614

fertility1615

profluence1623

fluency1624

flushness1662

rowtha1689

sonsea1689

affluentness1727

raff1801

richness1814

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 3623 Qwhen Alexander our kynge was dede,..Away was sons of alle and brede.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 276 God and Sanct Geill heir ȝow convoy..To sonce and seill, solace and ioy.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 50036 Of fugitouris fra sindrie landis fled, Quhilk lytill sons or nane at hame hes hed, Forlane lownis without riches or micht.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 59 There's als much Vertue Sonce and Pith In Annan, or the Water of Nith,..Als any Water in all Greece.

1705 Dial. Country-Man & Landwart School-Master in Observator 7 More Luck and Sonce follow'd me, than his former Master.

1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 31 Bad manners to me..if luck, sonse, or grace can ever come of it.

1892 Ballymena Observer in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 616 Something of good size and value would be said to have some sonce with it.

1998 R. Fairnie Scots Tung Wittins (SCOTS) No. 50 It's [sc. a website's] sonse wull aw lippen on whit kinna turn-ower o wittins, witterins an facks it haes.

2. sonse fa' (also occasionally on) me (also ye, etc.) and variants: used as an expression of good wishes or (more widely) as an interjection expressing friendly feeling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > wish for another's prosperity > wish for one's own or another's prosperity

sonse fa' (also occasionally on) me (also ye, etc.)?1719

?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 5 Sons fa me! witty, wanton Willy, Gin blyth I was na as a Filly [etc.].

1773 in R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 67 Sonse fa' me, gif I hadna 'lure I cou'd command ilk muse as sure.

1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 157 Sonce fa' yer apen, honest heart Whar double guile ne'er hauntet.

1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 352 Sonse fa' Bobbin John; Want an' wae gae by him.

1908 J. White Pen Sketches 5 Sonce me, his thoughts tae vary like the rollin year.

1958 J. Henderson in Sc. National Dict. (1971) VIII. 415 Shonce on ye!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sonse
释义	sonsen. Brit. /sɒns/, U.S. /sɑns/, Scottish English /sons/, Irish English /sʌns/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 1700s sons, pre-1700 1700s 1900s– sonce, 1700s sonsy (see note), 1700s– sonse, 1900s– shonce; Irish English (chiefly northern) 1800s– sonce, 1800s– sonse. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymon: Scottish Gaelic sonas. Etymology: Apparently < Scottish Gaelic sonas good fortune, prosperity, happiness (Early Irish sonas ; < son prosperous, fortunate, lucky (of unknown origin) + -as , suffix forming nouns: see -ness suffix); compare Irish sonas, in the same sense.With sonse fa' ye, sonse on ye at sense 2 perhaps compare Scottish Gaelic sonas..ort , lit. ‘prosperity..on you’ and sonas..dhuit , lit. ‘prosperity..to you’. The form sonsy appears in a poetic work in the context of a similar phrase, where it specifies a nonstandard disyllabic pronunciation, apparently for the sake of metre. Scottish and Irish English. Now rare. 1. Abundance, plenty; prosperity; happiness; luck. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] selthc888 healc950 wealOE goder-heala1225 prosperity?c1225 wealtha1300 statec1300 healtha1325 welfare1357 theedom1362 wealfulnessc1374 bonchiefa1387 felicity1393 boota1400 wella1400 wealsc1400 well-doingc1440 prosperancea1460 happiness?1473 quartfulness1483 brightnessa1500 goodnessa1500 sonsea1500 thriftiness?1529 prosperation1543 well-being1561 prosperousness1600 fair world1641 thrivingness1818 goldenness1829 palminess1875 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance plentya1250 foison13.. abundance1340 copyc1375 fultha1400 plentya1425 murth?a1450 store1471 sonsea1500 banquet?1507 fouth1535 choice1584 horn of plenty (also abundancec1595 wealth1596 cornucopia1611 rifea1614 copia1713 bumper1759 beaucoup1760 lashings1829 plethora1835 any amount (of)1848 in galore1848 opulence1878 binder1881 lushing1890 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] speedOE fulsomenesslOE wonea1300 fulsomeheada1325 cheapc1325 largitya1382 plenteousnessa1382 plenteoustea1382 plentya1382 abundancec1384 affluencec1390 largenessc1400 uberty?a1412 aboundingc1425 fullness1440 copiousness1447 rifenessc1450 copy1484 abundancy?1526 copiosity1543 plentifulness1555 ampleness1566 umberty?1578 acquire1592 amplitude1605 plentitude1609 plenitude1614 fertility1615 profluence1623 fluency1624 flushness1662 rowtha1689 sonsea1689 affluentness1727 raff1801 richness1814 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 3623 Qwhen Alexander our kynge was dede,..Away was sons of alle and brede. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 276 God and Sanct Geill heir ȝow convoy..To sonce and seill, solace and ioy. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 50036 Of fugitouris fra sindrie landis fled, Quhilk lytill sons or nane at hame hes hed, Forlane lownis without riches or micht. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 59 There's als much Vertue Sonce and Pith In Annan, or the Water of Nith,..Als any Water in all Greece. 1705 Dial. Country-Man & Landwart School-Master in Observator 7 More Luck and Sonce follow'd me, than his former Master. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 31 Bad manners to me..if luck, sonse, or grace can ever come of it. 1892 Ballymena Observer in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 616 Something of good size and value would be said to have some sonce with it. 1998 R. Fairnie Scots Tung Wittins (SCOTS) No. 50 It's [sc. a website's] sonse wull aw lippen on whit kinna turn-ower o wittins, witterins an facks it haes. 2. sonse fa' (also occasionally on) me (also ye, etc.) and variants: used as an expression of good wishes or (more widely) as an interjection expressing friendly feeling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > wish for another's prosperity > wish for one's own or another's prosperity sonse fa' (also occasionally on) me (also ye, etc.)?1719 ?1719 A. Ramsay in A. Ramsay & W. Hamilton Familiar Epist. 5 Sons fa me! witty, wanton Willy, Gin blyth I was na as a Filly [etc.]. 1773 in R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 67 Sonse fa' me, gif I hadna 'lure I cou'd command ilk muse as sure. 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 157 Sonce fa' yer apen, honest heart Whar double guile ne'er hauntet. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 352 Sonse fa' Bobbin John; Want an' wae gae by him. 1908 J. White Pen Sketches 5 Sonce me, his thoughts tae vary like the rollin year. 1958 J. Henderson in Sc. National Dict. (1971) VIII. 415 Shonce on ye! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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