sæmann

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæːˌmɑnn/, [ˈsæːˌmɑn]

Noun

sǣmann m

sailor

Usage notes

Mostly occurs in poetry.

Declension

Declension of sæmann (strong consonant stem)

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

Synonyms

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sċipere

Descendants

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

References

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

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