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seimr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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

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  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

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