sømme
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse seyma (“to stud”) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *saumijaną (“to sew, seam”), cognate with German säumen, Dutch zomen. Derived from the noun *saumaz (“stitch, seam”) (Danish søm).
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sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)
- to nail (to fix with a nail)
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Etymology 2 edit
From sauma (“to sew”), either a new formation from the noun saumr (“seam, nails”) or from Proto-Germanic *saumōną, a variant of the previous verb.
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sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)
- to hem (to sew a hem)
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Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse sœma (“to honour, be content, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit”), cognate with Old English sēman (“to reconcile”) (English seem is borrowed from Old Norse). Derived form the adjective *sōmiz (“suitable”). The modern Danish reflexive construction may be influenced by the unrelated German sich ziemen.
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sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)