seðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse seðja, from Proto-Germanic *sadjaną. Compare 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

• (sate): metta

Derived terms

• seðjast (reflective) to be sated, to eat one's fill

Related terms

• saddur (“satiated, full”)
• saddur á (to have got enough of something)
• saðning (“satiation, fullness”)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadjaną. Compare 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

• seðja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.