Séðu
Old Norse Dictionary - séðu
Meaning of Old Norse word "séðu"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- séðu
- or söðu, pret. pl., remains of a lost verb sýja, [answering to Goth. sjujan; A. S. siwjan; Engl. sew; Dan. sye; Lat. suere]:—to sew; séðu (sew thou) hve vel þeir séðu (sewed) er fyrir saumförinni réðu, Skálda, Thorodd: part. seðr or söðr, sewn; jarni sæðr, Hallfred (FS. 205); skyrta hamri söð, hammer-knit, epithet of a coat of mail, FmS. xi. 197 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚦᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)