sæ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sae", Appendix:Variations of "sa", and Appendix:Variations of "se"

Icelandic

Noun

sæ

1. indefinite accusative singular of sær
2. indefinite dative singular of sær

Ligurian

Verb

sæ

1. second-person singular present indicative of savéi; “[​you​] know (singular)”

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

sæ

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Descendants

• English: sea

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæː/

Noun

sǣ f

1. sea
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Oft him ānhaga ·  āre gebīdeð,
     Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
     ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
     hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
     wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

     A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
     Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
     through a sea-way he should for long
     stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
     travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.

Usage notes

This word, like several locations and abstract concepts, almost never uses the definite article.

Declension

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣ
accusative	sǣ	sǣ
genitive	sǣ	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Occasionally it occurs as masculine:

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣs
accusative	sǣ	sǣs
genitive	sǣs	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sǣbāt (“ship”)
• sǣċeosol (“gravel on the seashore”)
• sǣcocc (“cockle”)
• sǣdēor (“sea creature”)
• sǣdraca (“sea dragon”)
• sǣfaru
• sǣlāc
• sǣgrund (“seafloor”)
• sǣlīċ (“of the sea”)
• sǣlīþend (“sailor”)
• sǣmann (“sailor”)
• sǣmearh (“ship”)
• sǣmēþe
• sǣrima (“seashore”)
• sǣsċiell (“seashell”)
• sǣwæter (“seawater”)
• sǣweard (“coast guard”)
• sǣwiht (“sea creature”)
• sǣwudu (“boat, ship”)
• Wendelsǣ (“Mediterranean Sea”)
• wīdsǣ (“open sea”)

Descendants

• Middle English: see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze
  • English: sea
  • Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
  • Yola: zea, zee

See also

• ēa (“river”)
• gārseċġ (“ocean”)
• mere (“lake”)
• strēam (“stream”)

Old Norse

Noun

sæ

1. indefinite accusative singular of sær

Verb

sæ

1. first-person singular present indicative active of sá