seðr
See also: séðr
Old Norse
Verb
seðr
- second/third-person singular present indicative active of seðja
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *sanþiz (“more near, soon”), a denominal comparative adverb from the root of *sinnaną (“to head for, long for”). Related to senn.
Alternative forms
- senn – younger
Adverb
seðr
- (archaic) soon, at once
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng, stanza 15:
- seðr gekk Svǫlnis ekkja sundr
- at once the widow of Svǫlnir [= Earth] split asunder.
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng, stanza 15: