sæ
Icelandic
editNoun
editsæ
Ligurian
editVerb
editsæ
- second-person singular present indicative of savéi; “[you] know (singular)”
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sǣ.
Noun
editsæ
- Alternative form of see (“sea”)
Descendants
edit- English: sea
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsǣ f
- sea
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Usage notes
editThis word, like several locations and abstract concepts, almost never uses the definite article.
Declension
editDeclension of sæ (strong i-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sǣ | sǣ |
accusative | sǣ | sǣ |
genitive | sǣ | sǣ |
dative | sǣ | sǣm, sǣwum |
Occasionally it occurs as masculine:
Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- sǣbāt (“ship”)
- sǣċeosol (“gravel on the seashore”)
- sǣcocc (“cockle”)
- sǣdēor (“sea creature”)
- sǣdraca (“sea dragon”)
- sǣfaru
- sǣlāc
- sǣgrund (“seafloor”)
- sǣlīċ (“of the sea”)
- sǣlīþend (“sailor”)
- sǣmann (“sailor”)
- sǣmearh (“ship”)
- sǣmēþe
- sǣn (“marine”)
- sǣrima (“seashore”)
- sǣsċiell (“seashell”)
- sǣwæter (“seawater”)
- sǣweard (“coast guard”)
- sǣwiht (“sea creature”)
- sǣwudu (“boat, ship”)
- Wendelsǣ (“Mediterranean Sea”)
- wīdsǣ (“open sea”)
Descendants
editSee also
editOld Norse
editNoun
editsæ
Verb
editsæ
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