sian

I

a scream, soft music (Carm.), Irish sian, voice, shout, sound, Early Irish sian: *svêno-, which Stokes (Zeit.$$+28 59) explains as *sesveno-, root sven, sound (see seinn).

II

a pile of grass, beard of barley, Irish, Early Irish sion, foxglove, Welsh ffion, digitalis, ffuon, foxglove, Old Welsh fionou, roses, Breton foeonnenn, privet. Stokes gives the Celtic as *(p)êâno-. Gadelic might be allied to Latin spîna, thorn.

III

a charm; See seun.

VI

storm, rain, Irish síon, weather, season, storm, Old Irish sín, tempestas, Welsh hin, weather, Middle Breton hynon, fair weather: *sênâ; root sê (sêi) as in sìn, sìor; Norse seinn, slow, late, Middle High German seine, slowly, English sith, since.