sæmann

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sǣ +‎ mann. Cognate with Dutch zeeman, German Seemann, Swedish sjöman and Icelandic sjómaður.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈsæːˌmɑnn/, [ˈsæːˌmɑn]

Noun[edit]

sǣmann m

sailor

Usage notes[edit]

Mostly occurs in poetry.

Declension[edit]

Declension of sæmann (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣmann	sǣmenn
accusative	sǣmann	sǣmenn
genitive	sǣmannes	sǣmanna
dative	sǣmenn	sǣmannum

Synonyms[edit]

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sċipere

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: seman
- English: seaman
- Scots: seaman

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sǣmann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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