seimr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saimaz (“raw honey”). Cognate with Dutch zeem, Old Saxon sēm (“fresh honey”), and German Seim (“syrup”).[1] See also Finnish sima (“mead; a certain drink”).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ̃ĩmr̩/

Noun

seimr m (genitive seims, plural seimar)

  1. honeycomb
  2. (figurative) eloquent speech
  3. (poetic) gold, riches
  4. a wire or string
    draga seiminn
    drawl
    (literally, “draw the string”)

Declension
  Declension of seimr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative seimr seimrinn seimar seimarnir
accusative seim seiminn seima seimana
dative seim, seimi seiminum seimum seimunum
genitive seims seimsins seima seimanna

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saima-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
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