sæ

See also: sae, SAE, saé, säe, Appendix:Variations of "sa", and Appendix:Variations of "se"

Icelandic

Noun

sæ

indefinite accusative singular of sær
indefinite dative singular of sær

Ligurian

Verb

sæ

second-person singular present indicative of savéi; “[you] know (singular)”

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

sæ

Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Descendants

English: sea

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sæː/

Noun

sǣ f

sea

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣ
accusative	sǣ	sǣ
genitive	sǣ	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Occasionally it occurs as masculine:

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣ	sǣs
accusative	sǣ	sǣs
genitive	sǣs	sǣ
dative	sǣ	sǣm, sǣwum

Derived terms

Derived terms

sǣbāt (“ship”)
sǣdēo (“sea creature”)
sǣfaru
sǣlāc
sǣgrund (“seafloor”)
sǣlīċ (“of the sea”)
sǣlīþend (“sailor”)
sǣmann (“sailor”)
sǣmearh (“ship”)
sǣmēþe
sǣrima (“seashore”)
sǣsċiell (“seashell”)
sǣweard (“coast guard”)
sǣwudu (“boat, ship”)
Wendelsǣ (“Mediterranean Sea”)
wīdsǣ (“open sea”)

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

indefinite accusative singular of sær

Verb

sæ

first-person singular present indicative active of sá

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