sœkja

sœkja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek, to look for”). Cognate with Old English sēċan, sēka, Old Frisian, Old Saxon sōkian, Old High German suohhan, Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”).

Verb

sœkja (singular past indicative sótti, plural past indicative sóttu, past participle sóttr)

1. to seek, look for, search
2. to strive

Conjugation

Conjugation of sœkja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	sœkja
present participle	sœkjandi
past participle	sóttr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sœki	sótta
2nd-person singular	sœkir	sóttir
3rd-person singular	sœkir	sótti
1st-person plural	sœkjum	sóttum
2nd-person plural	sœkið	sóttuð
3rd-person plural	sœkja	sóttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sœkja	sótta
2nd-person singular	sœkir	sóttir
3rd-person singular	sœki	sótti
1st-person plural	sœkim	sóttim
2nd-person plural	sœkið	sóttið
3rd-person plural	sœki	sótti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sœk
1st-person plural	sœkjum
2nd-person plural	sœkið

Conjugation of sœkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	sœkjask
present participle	sœkjandisk
past participle	sœkzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sœkjumk	sóttumk
2nd-person singular	sœkisk	sóttisk
3rd-person singular	sœkisk	sóttisk
1st-person plural	sœkjumsk	sóttumsk
2nd-person plural	sœkizk	sóttuzk
3rd-person plural	sœkjask	sóttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sœkjumk	sóttumk
2nd-person singular	sœkisk	sóttisk
3rd-person singular	sœkisk	sóttisk
1st-person plural	sœkimsk	sóttimsk
2nd-person plural	sœkizk	sóttizk
3rd-person plural	sœkisk	sóttisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sœksk
1st-person plural	sœkjumsk
2nd-person plural	sœkizk

Descendants

• Danish: søge
• Faroese: søkja
• Icelandic: sækja

• Norwegian Bokmål: søke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: søkja, søka
• Old Swedish: sø̄kia
  • Swedish: söka