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signa

See also: Signa, signá, signà, and Sig.na

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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signa

  1. plural of signum

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Catalan

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Verb

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signa

  1. inflection of signar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse signa.

Verb

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signa (third person singular past indicative signaði, third person plural past indicative signaðu, supine signað)

  1. to drop, sink, collapse, stagger, slump
    signa niður
    drop (down)
  2. to be unsafe or shaky
    Hann kendi, hvussu tað signaði undir fótinum.
    He felt that the ground was unsafe/shaky.
  3. to be bogged down
    Bilurin signaði niður.
    The car was bogged down.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of signa (group v-30)
infinitive signa
supine signað
present past
first singular signi signaði
second singular signar signaði
third singular signar signaði
plural signa signaðu
participle (a6)1 signandi signaður
imperative
singular signa!
plural signið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse signa, from Latin signō.

Verb

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signa (third person singular past indicative signaði, third person plural past indicative signaðu, supine signað)

  1. to bless
    signa seg
    to cross oneself
Conjugation
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Conjugation of signa (group v-30)
infinitive signa
supine signað
present past
first singular signi signaði
second singular signar signaði
third singular signar signaði
plural signa signaðu
participle (a6)1 signandi signaður
imperative
singular signa!
plural signið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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signa

  1. third-person singular past historic of signer

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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signa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative signdi, supine signt)

  1. used in set phrases

Derived terms

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  • signa sig (“to cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross”)

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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signā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of signō

Noun

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signa n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of signum (“sign, emblem”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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signa

  1. indefinite plural of signum

Verb

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signa

  1. past tense of signe
  2. past participle of signe

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • signe (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

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From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.

Verb

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signa (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative signa/sign)

  1. (transitive) to bless
  2. (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Probably from siginn, past participle of the verb síga.

Verb

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signa

  1. (intransitive) to sink, slide down
Conjugation
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Conjugation of signa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive segna
present participle segnandi
past participle segnaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular segna segnaða segna segnaða
2nd person singular segnar segnaðir segnir segnaðir
3rd person singular segnar segnaði segni segnaði
1st person plural segnum segnuðum segnim segnaðim
2nd person plural segnið segnuðuð segnið segnaðið
3rd person plural segna segnuðu segni segnaði
imperative present
2nd person singular segna
1st person plural segnum
2nd person plural segnið
Conjugation of signa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive segnask
present participle segnandisk
past participle segnazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular segnumk segnuðumk segnumk segnuðumk
2nd person singular segnask segnaðisk segnisk segnaðisk
3rd person singular segnask segnaðisk segnisk segnaðisk
1st person plural segnumsk segnuðumsk segnimsk segnaðimsk
2nd person plural segnizk segnuðuzk segnizk segnaðizk
3rd person plural segnask segnuðusk segnisk segnaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular segnask
1st person plural segnumsk
2nd person plural segnizk
Descendants
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  • Faroese: signa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: segne, segna (a-infinitive)

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Latin sīgnō.[1]

Verb

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signa

  1. (transitive) to bless
  2. (transitive, Christianity) to sign with the sign of the cross
  3. (transitive, Germanic paganism) to dedicate to a god
    • Grágás, ch. 7
      Menn skulu trúa á einn guð ok á helga menn hans ok blóta eigi heiðnar vættir. Þá blótar hann heiðnar vættir ef hann signir fé sitt ǫðrum en guði, eða helgum mǫnnum hans. Ef maðr blótar heiðnar vættir, ok varðar þat fjǫrbaugsgarð.
      Men shall believe in one god and his holy men, and not worship heathen wights. One worships heathen wights if he dedicates his cattle to anyone other than god or his holy men. If a man worships heathen wights, that warrants lesser outlawry (fjǫrbaugsgarðr).
    • Hákonar saga góða in Heimskringla
      En er it fyrsta full var skenkt, þá mælti Sigurðr jarl fyrir ok signaði Óðni ok drakk af horninu til konungs.
      And when the first toast was poured, then Earl Siward made a speech and dedicated it to Óðinn, and drank from the horn for the sake of the king.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of signa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive signa
present participle signandi
past participle signdr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular signi signda signa signda
2nd person singular signir signdir signir signdir
3rd person singular signir signdi signi signdi
1st person plural signum signdum signim signdim
2nd person plural signið signduð signið signdið
3rd person plural signa signdu signi signdi
imperative present
2nd person singular sign, signi
1st person plural signum
2nd person plural signið
Conjugation of signa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive signask
present participle signandisk
past participle signzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular signumk signdumk signumk signdumk
2nd person singular signisk signdisk signisk signdisk
3rd person singular signisk signdisk signisk signdisk
1st person plural signumsk signdumsk signimsk signdimsk
2nd person plural signizk signduzk signizk signdizk
3rd person plural signask signdusk signisk signdisk
imperative present
2nd person singular signsk, signisk
1st person plural signumsk
2nd person plural signizk
Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ Cf. with information on Norwegian descendants “signa” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “signa1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “signa2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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Verb

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signa

  1. inflection of signar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Verb

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signa (present signar, preterite signade, supine signat, imperative signa)

  1. (dated) Synonym of välsigna (“bless”)
  2. (colloquial) Synonym of signera (put a signature on (to indicate approval, or more generally))
    Synonym: sajna
  3. (colloquial) to sign (finalize a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label, or the like)
    Synonyms: sajna, skriva på
    Hon signades av ett belgiskt skivbolag
    She was signed by a Belgian record company

Conjugation

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Conjugation of signa (weak)
active passive
infinitive signa signas
supine signat signats
imperative signa —
imper. plural1 signen —
present past present past
indicative signar signade signas signades
ind. plural1 signa signade signas signades
subjunctive2 signe signade signes signades
present participle signande
past participle signad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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