sǫðla

See also: söðla and saþla

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadulōną, from *sadulaz (“a saddle”), whence also sǫðull.

Verb

sǫðla (singular past indicative sǫðlaði, plural past indicative sǫðluðu, past participle sǫðlaðr)

1. to saddle

Conjugation

Conjugation of sǫðla — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	sǫðla
present participle	sǫðlandi
past participle	sǫðlaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫðla	sǫðlaða
2nd-person singular	sǫðlar	sǫðlaðir
3rd-person singular	sǫðlar	sǫðlaði
1st-person plural	sǫðlum	sǫðluðum
2nd-person plural	sǫðlið	sǫðluðuð
3rd-person plural	sǫðla	sǫðluðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫðla	sǫðlaða
2nd-person singular	sǫðlir	sǫðlaðir
3rd-person singular	sǫðli	sǫðlaði
1st-person plural	sǫðlim	sǫðlaðim
2nd-person plural	sǫðlið	sǫðlaðið
3rd-person plural	sǫðli	sǫðlaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sǫðla
1st-person plural	sǫðlum
2nd-person plural	sǫðlið

Conjugation of sǫðla — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	sǫðlask
present participle	sǫðlandisk
past participle	sǫðlazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫðlumk	sǫðluðumk
2nd-person singular	sǫðlask	sǫðlaðisk
3rd-person singular	sǫðlask	sǫðlaðisk
1st-person plural	sǫðlumsk	sǫðluðumsk
2nd-person plural	sǫðlizk	sǫðluðuzk
3rd-person plural	sǫðlask	sǫðluðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫðlumk	sǫðluðumk
2nd-person singular	sǫðlisk	sǫðlaðisk
3rd-person singular	sǫðlisk	sǫðlaðisk
1st-person plural	sǫðlimsk	sǫðlaðimsk
2nd-person plural	sǫðlizk	sǫðlaðizk
3rd-person plural	sǫðlisk	sǫðlaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sǫðlask
1st-person plural	sǫðlumsk
2nd-person plural	sǫðlizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: söðla
• Norwegian Bokmål: sale
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sala, sale
• Old Swedish: saþla
  • Swedish: sadla

References

• söðla in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.