Old English · noun
sæ
Normalised sǣ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / feminine / neuter
- IPA
- /sæː/
- Syllables
- sæː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- sea
sæ1 · noun · masculine/feminine/neuter
Senses
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sea
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ, wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.
A loner oft waits a grace for himself, Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful, through a sea-way he should for long stir the frost-cold sea with hands, travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.
Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Declension
sæ2 · verb · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of sīen
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Descendants
sea
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