sœmd

See also: sømd

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sǿmð

Etymology

sǿma (“to honour”) +‎ -ð (“-th”).

Noun

sœmd f (genitive sǿmdar, plural sǿmdir)

1. honour

   deyja með sœmd

   die with honour

2. redress for a loss or injury

Declension

Declension of sœmd (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sœmd	sœmdin	sœmdir	sœmdirnar
accusative	sœmd	sœmdina	sœmdir	sœmdirnar
dative	sœmd	sœmdinni	sœmdum	sœmdunum
genitive	sœmdar	sœmdarinnar	sœmda	sœmdanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sæmd
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sømd
• Norwegian Bokmål: sømd

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sœmd”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 428; also available at the Internet Archive