Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish sær, from Old Norse sér.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɛːr/, [sæɐ̯ˀ]

Adjective

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

  1. odd, queer, peculiar, weird
  2. eccentric, dotty

Inflection

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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

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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sær

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

Declension

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

References

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  • 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

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sær

  1. third-person singular present of síggja

Conjugation

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

Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sær m (genitive singular sævar, no plural)

  1. (poetic or literary) sea, ocean

Declension

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

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Adjective

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sær

  1. Alternative form of sore

Noun

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sær

  1. Alternative form of sore

Adverb

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sær

  1. Alternative form of sore

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. (about a person or behaviour) eccentric, dotty, weird
  2. odd, peculiar
  3. (literary) mystical
  4. sulky

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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References

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sær m (genitive sævar)

  1. 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
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Irregular mix of wa- and i-stem endings.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: sær
  • Faroese: sjógvur
  • Norn: sheug, sju
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjø
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjø
  • Old Swedish: siōr, siø̄
  • Old Danish: sio, siø,

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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sær

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of

References

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  • 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.