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See also: SEG and -ség

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (man, warrior, hero), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (follower, retainer, warrior), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow, accompany). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (bully).

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Noun

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seg (plural segs)

  1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero.
  2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow.

Etymology 2

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Probably from the root of Latin secāre (to cut).

Noun

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seg (plural segs)

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A castrated farm animal.

Etymology 3

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Clipping of segregation

Noun

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seg (uncountable)

  1. (US prison slang) Segregation
    • 1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      [] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play.
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Adjective

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seg (not comparable)

  1. Designated for people of color
    Black members of the order were relegated to seg lodges.
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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seg (plural segs)

  1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.
    Synonym: blakey
  2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
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Etymology 5

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See sedge.

Noun

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seg

  1. Sedge
  2. Gladen, or other species of Iris
    • 1805 January, “Observations made in a Tour through parts of Orkney and Shetland in 1894”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 67, number 1, page 26:
      In one district of Stronsa, I observed several acres covered with the common yellow flag, or seg (iris pseudacorus,) of which a very coarse kind of hay is here made.
    • 2019, Roy Vickery, Vickery's Folk Flora, page lxxiii:
      It's also believed that anyone who bites a seg will develop an impediment of speech, such as a stammer.
    • 2020, Ernest Marwick, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland:
      Boats were made of wood, paper or segs (the leaves of the yellow flag). For some reason, children in Stenness (O) were warned that if they chewed seg leaves they would become dumb.

Etymology 6

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Noun

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seg (plural segs)

  1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
    • 1951 December 15, Billboard, page 6:
      The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.
    • 1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 12:
      In 1992, Mort's doing a political/chat show for the Christian Scientists Monitor Channel, and in January did a seg singing praises for Garrison.

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle geseg)

  1. Obsolete form of .

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

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Pronoun

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seg (accusative reflexive)

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Declension

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Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal) 3. m, f, n
Nominative (hvørfall)
Accusative (hvønnfall) seg
Dative (hvørjumfall) sær
Genitive (hvørsfall) sín

References

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  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)

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Etymology

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Preposition

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seg

  1. from

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English seċġ (sedge).

Noun

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seg

  1. Alternative form of segge (sedge)

Etymology 2

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From Old English seċġ (man).

Noun

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seg

  1. Alternative form of segge (man)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
    seg sjøl
    oneself
    Den greia klarer seg sjøl.
    That thing can manage itself.
    Han trur på seg sjøl.
    He believes in himself.
    Hun trur på seg sjøl.
    She believes in herself.
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
    De trur på seg sjøl.
    They believe in themselves.
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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seg

  1. simple past of sige

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (self).

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Pronoun

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seg - reflexive pronoun

  1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
  2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
  3. (with verb) themselves
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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sèg

  1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja

Etymology 3

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Verb

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seg

  1. imperative of sega

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Old Norse

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Verb

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seg

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of segja

Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish sēgher, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Originally in the sense "dripping slowly".

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Adjective

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seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

  1. tough, leathery, rubbery
    Antonym: mör (tender)
    en seg biff
    a tough steak
  2. chewy
    seg kola
    chewy toffee
  3. slow-witted
    Jag är lite seg i skallen idag
    I'm a bit slow (in the head) today
  4. slow, boring
    Vilken seg film
    What a slow movie
  5. tardy
    De skulle varit här för en timme sen. Varför måste de alltid vara så sega?
    They were supposed to have been here an hour ago. Why do they always have to be so tardy?
  6. tough (of a person)
    en seg gammal gubbe
    a tough old man

Usage notes

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Having a viscous or tough consistency, permitting a lot of stretching force without breaking. Basically a simultaneous antonym of runny and tender. Figuratively slowness, tardiness, toughness, and the like.

Declension

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Inflection of seg
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular seg segare segast
neuter singular segt segare segast
plural sega segare segast
masculine plural2 sege segare segast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sege segare segaste
all sega segare segaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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seg

  1. from