seðr

See also: séðr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Verb

seðr

1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of seðja

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sanþiz (“more near, soon”), a denominal comparative adverb from the root of *sinnaną (“to head for, long for”). Related to senn.

Alternative forms

• senn — younger

Adverb

seðr

1. (archaic) soon, at once
   • c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng, stanza 15:

     seðr gekk Svǫlnis ekkja / sundr […]

     at once the wife of Svǫlnir [= Earth] split asunder.