semja

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmja/

  Rhymes: -ɛmja

Verb

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) to cause to get along [with dative ‘some people’] (idiomatically translated as "get along" with the dative object as the subject)

   Okkur Jóni semur ekki sérlega vel.

   Me and Jón don’t get along very well.

Conjugation

semja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að semja
supine sagnbót		samið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		semjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sem	samdi		semji	semdi
	þú	semur	samdir		semjir	semdir
	hann, hún, það	semur	samdi		semji	semdi
plural	við	semjum	sömdum		semjum	semdum
	þið	semjið	sömduð		semjið	semduð
	þeir, þær, þau	semja	sömdu		semji	semdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sem (þú), semdu
plural	þið	semjið (þið), semjiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

semjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að semjast
supine sagnbót		samist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		semjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	semst	samdist		semjist	semdist
	þú	semst	samdist		semjist	semdist
	hann, hún, það	semst	samdist		semjist	semdist
plural	við	semjumst	sömdumst		semjumst	semdumst
	þið	semjist	sömdust		semjist	semdust
	þeir, þær, þau	semjast	sömdust		semjist	semdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	semst (þú), semstu
plural	þið	semist (þið), semisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

saminn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	saminn	samin	samið	samdir	samdar	samin
accusative (þolfall)	saminn	samda	samið	samda	samdar	samin
dative (þágufall)	sömdum	saminni	sömdu	sömdum	sömdum	sömdum
genitive (eignarfall)	samins	saminnar	samins	saminna	saminna	saminna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	samdi	samda	samda	sömdu	sömdu	sömdu
accusative (þolfall)	samda	sömdu	samda	sömdu	sömdu	sömdu
dative (þágufall)	samda	sömdu	samda	sömdu	sömdu	sömdu
genitive (eignarfall)	samda	sömdu	samda	sömdu	sömdu	sömdu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• semje (e infinitive)

Etymology

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

Noun

semja

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

Verb

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

1. to reconcile

Related terms

• semjast

References

• “semja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Conjugation of semja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	semja
present participle	semjandi
past participle	samdr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sem	samda		semja	semda
2nd person singular	semr	samdir		semir	semdir
3rd person singular	semr	samdi		semi	semdi
1st person plural	semjum	sǫmdum		semim	semdim
2nd person plural	semið	sǫmduð		semið	semdið
3rd person plural	semja	sǫmdu		semi	semdi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	sem
1st person plural	semjum
2nd person plural	semið

Conjugation of semja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	semjask
present participle	semjandisk
past participle	semzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	semjumk	sǫmdumk		semjumk	semdumk
2nd person singular	semsk	samdisk		semisk	semdisk
3rd person singular	semsk	samdisk		semisk	semdisk
1st person plural	semjumsk	sǫmdumsk		semimsk	semdimsk
2nd person plural	semizk	sǫmduzk		semizk	semdizk
3rd person plural	semjask	sǫmdusk		semisk	semdisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	semsk
1st person plural	semjumsk
2nd person plural	semizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: semja
• Faroese: semja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: semja
• Old Swedish: sæmia
  • Swedish: sämjas
• ⇒ Middle Norwegian: semja f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: semje, semja, semju
• ⇒ Swedish: sämja
• Old Danish: sæmje
  • Danish: sammes

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “semja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive