*sēaną

Runic: ᛊᛖᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7d

Meanings

to sow, to disperse (seeds)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (‘to sow’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularsēōsēaų–
2nd singularsēizisēaizsē
3rd singularsēidisēaisēadau
1st dualsēōzsēaiw–
2nd dualsēadizsēaidizsēadiz
1st pluralsēamazsēaim–
2nd pluralsēidsēaidsēid
3rd pluralsēandisēainsēandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsēai–
2nd singularsēazaisēaizau
3rd singularsēadaisēaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralsēandaisēaindau
2nd pluralsēandaisēaindau
3rd pluralsēandaisēaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsezōsezōį̄
2nd singularsezōtsezōīz
3rd singularsezōsezōī
1st dualsezōūsezōīw
2nd dualsezōudizsezōīdiz
1st pluralsezōumsezōīm
2nd pluralsezōudsezōīd
3rd pluralsezōunsezōīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
sēaną sēandz sēanaz

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Descendants

  • *sāan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sāien (Old Dutch)
      • sâyen (Middle Dutch)
        • zèjje (Limburgish)
  • *sāan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sāien (Old Dutch)
      • sâyen (Middle Dutch)
        • zaaien (Dutch)
          • saai (Afrikaans)
          • sai (Aukan)
          • sai (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • saai, saey, saej (Negerhollands)
  • *sāan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sāwan (Old English)
      • sawen, sowȝen, sewȝen, soghen, sowen (Middle English)
        • sow (English)
        • saw (Scots)
  • *sāan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seā, siā (Old Frisian)
      • saaie (West Frisian)
  • *sāan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sāwen, sāen (Old High German)
      • sāwen, sæwen, sæhen, sææen, sēgen, sēwen, sēn, sein, sān, sæn, sæen, sæjen (Middle High German)
        • säen (German)
        • séien (Luxembourgish)
  • *sāan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sāian (Old Saxon)
      • seien, seyen, seygen, seigen, sêgen, seighen, segen, seghen, seegen, zeygen, zeyghen, zegen, saien, sajen, zeien, seihen, seggen (Middle Low German)
        • saien (German Low German)
  • sá (Old Norse)
    • så (Danish)
    • sáa (Faroese)
    • sá (Icelandic)
    • så (Norwegian)
  • sá (Old Norse)
    • sā (Old Swedish)
      • så (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (saian) (Gothic)
  • *heittädäk (Proto-Finnic)

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