sømme

• IPA^(key): /sœmə/, [ˈsœmə], [ˈsœmm̩]

From Old Norse seyma (“to stud”) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *saumijaną (“to sew, seam”), cognate with German säumen, Dutch zomen. Derived from the noun *saumaz (“stitch, seam”) (Danish søm).

sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

1. to nail (to fix with a nail)

• “sømme,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sømme,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From sauma (“to sew”), either a new formation from the noun saumr (“seam, nails”) or from Proto-Germanic *saumōną, a variant of the previous verb.

sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

1. to hem (to sew a hem)

• “sømme,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sømme,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse sœma (“to honour, be content, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit”), cognate with Old English sēman (“to reconcile”) (English seem is borrowed from Old Norse). Derived form the adjective *sōmiz (“suitable”). The modern Danish reflexive construction may be influenced by the unrelated German sich ziemen.

sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

1. (reflexive) to be proper, befit
2. (intransitive, obsolete) to befit

• sømmelig

• “sømme,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sømme,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog