seðja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse seðja, from Proto-Germanic *sadjaną. Confer the Latin satiō (“I satisfy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛðja/
- Rhymes: -ɛðja
Verb
seðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saddi, supine satt)
- (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 (to have eaten one's fill)
- saddur á (to have got enough of something)
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sadjaną. Confer the Latin satiō (“I satisfy”).
Verb
seðja
- (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.