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Sen vs Sken - What's the difference?

sen | sken |

As a noun sen

is a sign, omen, portent.

As a verb sken is

(northern english) to squint.

sen

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
  • A coin of this value.
  • * Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen (page 70)
  • Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Yorkshire) self
  • "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Ate all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ever tha does anythin for nowt, mek sure tha does it for tha sen ."
    Derived terms
    * missen (myself) * thissen (thyself)

    sken

    English

    Verb

    (skenn)
  • (Northern English) to squint
  • * 1989 , Marie Joseph, A World Apart , page 344:
  • She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.
  • * 1861 , , "The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle":
  • He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.
  • to glance
  • References

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