sær

See also: Sær, saer, sáer, sær-, sär-, Appendix:Variations of "sar", and Appendix:Variations of "ser"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sær, from Old Norse sér.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛːr/, [sæɐ̯ˀ]

Adjective

sær (neuter sært, plural and definite singular attributive sære, comparative særere, superlative (predicative) særest, superlative (attributive) særeste)

odd, queer, peculiar, weird
eccentric, dotty

Inflection

Inflection of sær
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	sær	særere	særest²
Indefinite neuter singular	sært	særere	særest²
Plural	sære	særere	særest²
Definite attributive¹	sære	særere	særeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Faroese

Etymology

Compare Icelandic sér. From Proto-Germanic *se-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɛar]

Pronoun

sær

reflexive pronoun, 3rd person dative, himself, herself, itself, themselves
Hon vaskaði sær.
She washed herself.

Declension

Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal)	3. m, f, n
Nominative (hvørfall)	—
Accusative (hvønnfall)	seg
Dative (hvørjumfall)	sær
Genitive (hvørsfall)	sín

References

Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 119 f., 325 ff.)

Verb

sær

third-person singular present of síggja

Conjugation

Conjugation of síggja (irregular)
infinitive	síggja
supine	sæð, sætt
participle (a18)¹	síggjandi	sæddur
	present	past
first singular	síggi	sá
second singular	sært	sást
third singular	sær	sá
plural	síggja	sóu
	imperative
singular	sí/síggj!
plural	síggið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

sjór (common)
sjár

Etymology

From Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saiːr/
Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

sær m (genitive singular sævar, no plural)

(poetic or literary) sea, ocean

Declension

declension of sær

	indefinite	definite
m-s3	singular
nominative	sær	særinn
accusative	sæ	sæinn
dative	sæ	sænum
genitive	sævar	sævarins

Derived terms

sæbjúga (“sea cucumber”)

Middle English

Adjective

sær

Alternative form of sore

Noun

sær

Alternative form of sore

Adverb

sær

Alternative form of sore

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

(non-standard since 2012) ser

Etymology

From Old Norse sér, the third person reflexive pronoun in the dative, from Proto-Germanic *siz. Cognates include Icelandic sér and Faroese sær where it is still used as the dative reflexive pronoun, as well as Danish sær, which has taken on senses similar to those in modern Norwegian.

Adjective

sær (neuter sært, definite singular and plural sære, comparative særare, indefinite superlative særast, definite superlative særaste)

(about a person or behaviour) eccentric, dotty, weird
odd, peculiar
(literary) mystical
sulky

Usage notes

Used as the first part in compounds, sær more often than not should be understood in the sense of "peculiar" or "special".

Derived terms

særa, sære (verb, rare)

References

“sær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“sær-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

ræs

Old Norse

Alternative forms

sjór, sjár

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with Old English sǣ, Old Frisian sē, Old Saxon sēo, Old High German sēo, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws).

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːr/

Noun

sær m (genitive sævar)

the sea, ocean
- Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
  […] vara sandr né sær / né svalar unnir, […]
  […] there was no sand nor sea / nor gelid waves, […]

Declension

Irregular mix of wa- and i-stem endings.

Declension of sær (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sær	særinn	sævar	sævarnir
accusative	sæ	sæinn	sæva	sævana
dative	sævi, sæ	sævinum, sænum	sævum, sæum	sæunum
genitive	sævar	sævarins	sæva	sævanna

Derived terms

sæborg (“seaside town”)
sæbrattr (“steep towards the sea”)
sæbyggjar (“coast-dwellers”)
sæbygð (“coast district”)
sædauðr (“dead at sea”)
sæfarar (“voyages”)
sæfǫng (“stores from the sea”)
sæfǿrr (“seaworthy”)
sægarpr (“sea-champion”)
sæhafa (“driven out of one's course”)
sækarl (“raftsman”)
sækona (“mermaid”)
sækonungr (“sea-king”)
sækvikendi (“sea-beast”)
sækyrra (“sea-calm”)
sælið (“help at sea”)
sælægja (“mist on the sea”)
sælægr (“lying on the sea”)
sæsjúkr (“seasick”)
sæskip (“sea-ship”)
sæskrímsl (“sea-monster”)
sætré (“ships”)
sævarbakki (“sea-beach”)
sævarborg (“castle on the sea”)
sævardjúp (“the deep sea”)
sævargangr (“swell of the sea”)
sævarhamrar (“sea-crags”)

Descendants

Icelandic: sær
Faroese: sjógvur
Norn: sheug, sju
Norwegian Nynorsk: sjø
Norwegian Bokmål: sjø
Old Swedish: siōr, siø̄
- Swedish: sjö
Old Danish: sio, siø, sø
- Danish: sø

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sær

second/third-person singular present indicative active of sá

References

sær in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
sær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.