síga

From Old Norse síga, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. More at sie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊiːja/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːja

  Homophone: síða

síga (third person singular past indicative seig, third person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

1. (intransitive) to sink, slowly descend
2. (intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
3. (transitive) to lower (someone) by rope
4. (intransitive) to subside

From Old Norse síga, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. More at sie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɣa/

  Rhymes: -iːɣa

síga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative seig, third-person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

1. (intransitive) to sink, to slowly descend ^syn.
2. (intransitive, of land, mounds, etc.) to subside
3. (intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
4. (intransitive) to prolapse, to move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position ^syn.

Note: the past forms sé, sést are much less common than seig, seigst.

• (sink): ^def. lækka
• (prolapse): ^def. falla fram

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.