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

Noun

sæ

1. alternative form of see (“sea”)

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæː/
• Rhymes: -æː

Noun

sǣ f or m or n

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.

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCCXLV Hēr Ēadmund cing oferhergode eall Cumbraland, ⁊ hit lēt eall tō Malculme Sċotta cinge on þæt ġerād þæt hē wǣre his midwyrhta æġþer ġe on sǣ ġe on lande.

     Year 945 In this year King Edmund overran all of Cumberland, and let it all to King Malcom of Scotland, on the condition that he would be his cooperator on both sea and land.

Usage notes

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

Declension

Feminine

	singular	plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣ
accusative	sǣ	sǣ
genitive	sǣ	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Occasionally it occurs as masculine or neuter:

Masculine

	singular	plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣs
accusative	sǣ	sǣs
genitive	sǣs	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Neuter

	singular	plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣ
accusative	sǣ	sǣ
genitive	sǣs	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Derived terms

• Cwēnsǣ (“White Sea”)
• sǣbāt (“ship”)
• sǣċeosol (“gravel on the seashore”)
• sǣcocc (“cockle”)
• sǣcyning (“sea king”)
• sǣdēor (“sea creature”)
• sǣdraca (“sea dragon”)
• sǣfaru
• sǣfōr (“voyage”)
• sǣfugol
• sǣgenga
• sǣgrund (“seafloor”)
• sǣlāc
• sǣland (“maritime district”)
• sǣlīċ (“of the sea”)
• sǣlīþend (“sailor”)
• sǣmann (“sailor”)
• sǣmearh (“ship”)
• sǣmēþe
• sǣn (“marine”)
• sǣnæs (“cape”)
• sǣrima (“seashore”)
• sǣrinc (“seaman”)
• sǣsċiell (“seashell”)
• sǣsteorra
• sǣstrand
• sǣwæter (“seawater”)
• sǣweard (“coast guard”)
• sǣwielm (“billow”)
• sǣwiht (“sea creature”)
• sǣwudu (“boat, ship”)
• Wendelsǣ (“Mediterranean Sea”)
• wīdsǣ (“open sea”)

Derived names

• Sǣbeorht
• Sǣfugol
• Sǣgār
• Sǣmund
• Sǣrīċ
• Sǣweard
• Sǣwine
• Sǣwulf

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