# sess
## English
### Alternative forms

* cess

### Etymology 1

Aphetic form of assess.

#### Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)
* (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

#### Noun

sess (plural sesses)
* (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

#### Alternative forms

* ses

### Etymology 2

Clipping of sensimilla.

#### Noun

sess (plural sesses)
* (slang) marijuana, weed
** 1994, Method Man featuring RZA, Inspectah Deck, Carlton Fisk & Streetlife, (lyrics and music), “Mr. Sandman”, in Tical‎:Remedy for stress is three bags of sess / A day at my rest playin' chess, yes
** 2001, Notch (lyrics and music), “Nuttin No Go So” (track 3), in Buy Out Riddim‎‎:Well, from yuh never put no cocaine inna yuh cigarette. Before, yuh woulda prefer smoke 10 pound of sess.

### References

* “sess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## 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
* (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: /sɛsː/
    Rhymes: -ɛsː

### Noun

sess m (genitive singular sess, nominative plural sessar)
* place to sit, seat
    Synonym: sæti

#### Declension
## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sesso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛs/

### Noun

sess m (plural sessi)
* gender
* sex (sexual intercourse)

#### Derived terms

* sess anali
* sess orali

#### Related terms

* asesswali
* asesswalità
* sessiżmu
* sessoloġija
* sessologu
* sesswali
* sesswalità

## 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)
* seat
* 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)
* seat
* milking stool
* rear, back, end

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* tung i sessen

### References

* “sess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* ses, sæs

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sess/, [ses]

### Noun

sess m
* seat
* bench

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Related terms

* set
* setl
* sittan

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Cognate with Old English sess.

### Noun

sess m (genitive sess, plural sessar)
* seat

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: sess
* Faroese: sessur
* Norwegian Nynorsk: sess
* Norwegian Bokmål: sess

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sess”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive