semja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse semja, from Proto-Germanic *samjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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semja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative samdi, supine samið)

  1. (intransitive) to negotiate
  2. (transitive) to write, to compose (prose, poetry, music, laws, etc.)
  3. (impersonal, with dative) to get along
    Okkur Jóni semur ekki sérlega vel.
    Me and Jón don’t get along very well.

Conjugation

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semja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að semja
supine
(sagnbót) 		samið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		semjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég sem við semjum present
(nútíð) 		ég semji við semjum
þú semur þið semjið þú semjir þið semjið
hann, hún, það semur þeir, þær, þau semja hann, hún, það semji þeir, þær, þau semji
past
(þátíð) 		ég samdi við sömdum past
(þátíð) 		ég semdi við semdum
þú samdir þið sömduð þú semdir þið semduð
hann, hún, það samdi þeir, þær, þau sömdu hann, hún, það semdi þeir, þær, þau semdu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		sem (þú) semjið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
semdu semjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
semjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að semjast
supine
(sagnbót) 		samist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		semjandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég semst við semjumst present
(nútíð) 		ég semjist við semjumst
þú semst þið semjist þú semjist þið semjist
hann, hún, það semst þeir, þær, þau semjast hann, hún, það semjist þeir, þær, þau semjist
past
(þátíð) 		ég samdist við sömdumst past
(þátíð) 		ég semdist við semdumst
þú samdist þið sömdust þú semdist þið semdust
hann, hún, það samdist þeir, þær, þau sömdust hann, hún, það semdist þeir, þær, þau semdust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		semst (þú) semist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
semstu semisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
saminn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		saminn samin samið samdir samdar samin
accusative
(þolfall) 		saminn samda samið samda samdar samin
dative
(þágufall) 		sömdum saminni sömdu sömdum sömdum sömdum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		samins saminnar samins saminna saminna saminna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		samdi samda samda sömdu sömdu sömdu
accusative
(þolfall) 		samda sömdu samda sömdu sömdu sömdu
dative
(þágufall) 		samda sömdu samda sömdu sömdu sömdu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		samda sömdu samda sömdu sömdu sömdu

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse semja, from Proto-Germanic *samjaną.

Noun

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semja

  1. definite singular of semje
  2. (non-standard since 2012) Alternative form of semje

Verb

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semja (present tense sem, past tense samde, past participle samt, passive infinitive semjast, present participle semjande, imperative sem)

  1. to reconcile
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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *samjaną (“to make the same”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).

Verb

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semja (present indicative sem, past indicative samdi, past participles samiðr or samdr)

  1. to shape, compose, arrange
  2. to agree on, settle
  3. to reform, mend

Conjugation

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Conjugation of semja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive semja
present participle semjandi
past participle samdr
indicative present past
1st-person singular sem samda
2nd-person singular semr samdir
3rd-person singular semr samdi
1st-person plural semjum sǫmdum
2nd-person plural semið sǫmduð
3rd-person plural semja sǫmdu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular semja semda
2nd-person singular semir semdir
3rd-person singular semi semdi
1st-person plural semim semdim
2nd-person plural semið semdið
3rd-person plural semi semdi
imperative present
2nd-person singular sem
1st-person plural semjum
2nd-person plural semið
Conjugation of semja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive semjask
present participle semjandisk
past participle semzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular semjumk sǫmdumk
2nd-person singular semsk samdisk
3rd-person singular semsk samdisk
1st-person plural semjumsk sǫmdumsk
2nd-person plural semizk sǫmduzk
3rd-person plural semjask sǫmdusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular semjumk semdumk
2nd-person singular semisk semdisk
3rd-person singular semisk semdisk
1st-person plural semimsk semdimsk
2nd-person plural semizk semdizk
3rd-person plural semisk semdisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular semsk
1st-person plural semjumsk
2nd-person plural semizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: semja
  • Faroese: semja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: semja
  • Old Swedish: sæmia
  • ⇒ Middle Norwegian: semja f
  • ⇒ Swedish: sämja
  • Old Danish: sæmje

References

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  • “semja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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