seðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse seðja, from Proto-Germanic *sadjaną. Confer the Latin satiō (“I satisfy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛðja/
    Rhymes: -ɛðja

Verb

seðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saddi, supine satt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative case) to fill, to satiate, to sate
    Seðja hrafn á holdi.
    To feed a raven with flesh.
    Seðja þorsta.
    To slake the thirst.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • seðjast (reflective) to be sated, to eat one's fill
  • saddur (to have eaten one's fill)
  • saddur á (to have got enough of something)

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadjaną. Confer the Latin satiō (“I satisfy”).

Verb

seðja

  1. (transitive) to satiate, satisfy

Conjugation
Conjugation of seðja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive seðja
present participle seðjandi
past participle saddr
indicative present past
1st-person singular seð sadda
2nd-person singular seðr saddir
3rd-person singular seðr saddi
1st-person plural seðjum sǫddum
2nd-person plural seðið sǫdduð
3rd-person plural seðja sǫddu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular seðja sedda
2nd-person singular seðir seddir
3rd-person singular seði seddi
1st-person plural seðim seddim
2nd-person plural seðið seddið
3rd-person plural seði seddi
imperative present
2nd-person singular seð
1st-person plural seðjum
2nd-person plural seðið
Conjugation of seðja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive seðjask
present participle seðjandisk
past participle sazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular seðjumk sǫddumk
2nd-person singular sezk saddisk
3rd-person singular sezk saddisk
1st-person plural seðjumsk sǫddumsk
2nd-person plural seðizk sǫdduzk
3rd-person plural seðjask sǫddusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular seðjumk seddumk
2nd-person singular seðisk seddisk
3rd-person singular seðisk seddisk
1st-person plural seðimsk seddimsk
2nd-person plural seðizk seddizk
3rd-person plural seðisk seddisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular sezk
1st-person plural seðjumsk
2nd-person plural seðizk

References
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