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shenn (=Ir. sean) (adj.) aged, ancient, antiquarian, archaic, auld, consecrated, elderly, ex, former, historical, inveterate, longstanding, old, olden, old-established, senile, stale, fusty, veteran, vintage, worn: Ta mee shenn as er roie ayns eash Bible [O.Ir. sen]
feer shenn great antiquity; very old: Nish va Eli feer shenn, as cheayll eh jeh ooilley ny va e vec er n’yannoo rish ooilley Israel Bible
shenn ainjyssagh old comrade: Mysh tree bleeaney as feed er-ny-henney, hie mee laa dy row dy akin Yn Cholloo, marish shenn ainjyssagh haink dy yeeaghyn mee veih Lunnin. Coraa
shenn chliaghtaghyn former ways: Ny-yeih cha dug ad geill da, agh ren ad lurg nyn shenn chliaghtaghyn. Bible
shenn chloodyn old clouts: hie eh stiagh gys thie yn ree fo yn thie-tashtee, raad hooar eh shenn chloodyn ceaut, as shenn frytlaggyn loau, as lhig eh sheese ad lesh coyrdyn 'sy dungeon gys Jeremiah. Bible
shenn earishyn (ny); (the) days of old: Cooinee er ny shenn earishyn, smooinee er bleeantyn ymmodee sheelogheyn Bible
shenn eash (f.) old age: Ver ad magh neesht ny smoo dy vess ayns nyn shenn eash: as bee ad roauyr as jeeaghyn dy mie. Bible
shenn eiraght ancient heritage: As gyn dooyt, ta eu, nyn oltyn, cheeraghyn Celtiagh, mooarane jeh'n shenn eiraght eu-hene dy reayll myrgeddin. Carn
shenn ghuilley (=Ir. seanghille) bachelor: "Shenn ghuilley mish," dooyrt eh, "as shenn ghuilley my yishag as shenn ghuilley my yishag-vooar!" GB; geezer
shenn laghyn lang syne; old days, old times: As cur-my-ner, dty ven-vooinjerey Elizabeth, t'eeish myrgeddin er ghiennaght yn mac ayns ny shenn laghyn eck Bible
shenn naim great-uncle: ta enn ec Jimmy Kelso er ny shenn deiney t'ayn jiu as adsyn coayl shenn naunt ny shenn naim sy schoill shen. GB
shenn naunt (f.) great-aunt: ta enn ec Jimmy Kelso er ny shenn deiney t'ayn jiu as adsyn coayl shenn naunt ny shenn naim sy schoill shen. GB
shenn sidoor old trooper, old warhorse, veteran: Ta shenn sidoor Manninagh kiarail jannoo jesh-chliaghtey jeh Laa yn Varriaght sy Chapaan. BS
shenn sleih old folks, old people: V'ee er choayl yn sleih aeg as er chur yn olk er shenn sleih. Carn
shenn thie hovel, shanty: By vie lhieu cummal ayn, as t'ad kionnaghey shenn thie nagh vod Bretnee fordrail jannoo ass y noa. Carn
shenn tholtanyn old wastes: As troggee ad ny shenn tholtanyn, kerree ad traartys ny shenn earishyn Bible
shenn ven (f.) ancestress; crone, old woman: Cha nel eh agh fritlag voish cooat ny shenn ven, cur er yn aile eh. Coraa
shenn voir (f.) grandmother, grandparent
shenn vraane aged women: Ny shenn vraane myrgeddin, dy bee ad dy ymmyrkey-bea crauee Bible; old women
Shenn agglish Casherick Old Holy church: va oardagh crauee 'sy chenn agglish Casherick, ec toshiaght y Chargys dy row lheid ny persoonyn as v'er nyn gheddyn kyndagh jeh ard pheccah erbee, er nyn goyrt fo pennys foshlit PB1765
shenn dy mie good old age: As hooar Gideon mac Yoash baase tra v'eh shenn dy mie, as v'eh er ny oanluckey ayns lhiaght Yoash e ayr Bible
shenn eash lowal good old age: Eisht phaart Abraham, as hooar eh baase ayns shenn eash lowal, ny henn ghooinney, as lane dy vleeantyn. Bible
Cheer Vannin, Shenn Charnaneyn as yn Cholloo Manx countryside, ancient monuments and the Calf of Man
Sheshaght son Tushtey Dooghys as Graihderyn Shenn Reddyn Ellan Vannin (f.) Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society
good old age (n.) shenn eash vie: thou shalt be buried in a good old age - bee oo er dty oanluckey ayns shenn eash vie Bible; shenn eash lowal: and died in a good old age - as hooar eh baase ayns shenn eash lowal Bible; shenn dy mie: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age - hooar Gideon mac Yoash baase tra v’eh shenn dy mie Bible; shenn eash vie: And he died in a good old age - As hooar eh baase ayns shenn eash vie Bible
old times (npl.) shenn laghyn: For old times' sake - Ayns cooinaghtyn jeh ny shenn laghyn. DF idiom; shenn traaghyn
old women (npl.) cailleeyn; shenn vraane: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem - Nee shenn gheiney, as shenn vraane foast cummal ayns straïdyn Yerusalem Bible
ancestress (n.) shenn ven
antiquarian (adj.) shenn
elderly (adj.) mie-eashit; shenn
grandparent (n.) shenn voir; shennayr
great-aunt (n.) shenn naunt
great-uncle (n.) shenn naim
inveterate (adj., adv.) oayllagh; shenn; shenn-chliaghtit
old men (npl.) shenn gheiney: And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men - As ghow ree Rehoboam coyrle jeh ny shenn gheiney Bible
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