semja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse semja, from Proto-Germanic *samjaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

semja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative samdi, supine samið)

  1. (intransitive) to negotiate
  2. (transitive) to write, to compose (prose, poetry, music, laws, etc.)
  3. (impersonal, with dative) to get along
    Okkur Jóni semur ekki sérlega vel.
    Me and Jón don’t get along very well.

Conjugation[edit]

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse semja, from Proto-Germanic *samjaną.

Noun[edit]

semja

  1. definite singular of semje
  2. (non-standard since 2012) Alternative form of semje

Verb[edit]

semja (present tense sem, past tense samde, past participle samt, passive infinitive semjast, present participle semjande, imperative sem)

  1. to reconcile

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *samjaną (to make the same). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (together, one).

Verb[edit]

semja (present indicative sem, past indicative samdi, past participles samiðr or samdr)

  1. to shape, compose, arrange
  2. to agree on, settle
  3. to reform, mend

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: semja
  • Faroese: semja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: semja
  • Old Swedish: sæmia
  • Middle Norwegian: semja f
  • Swedish: sämja

References[edit]

  • semja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press