sjá

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See also: sjå and sją̊

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Pronunciation

Verb

sjá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative , third-person plural past indicative sáu, supine séð)

  1. to see, to sense or perceive with one's eyes
    Sérðu illa?Nei, ég mjög vel.
    Have you got bad eyesight? — No, I see very well.
  2. to see, to perceive, to spot
  3. to see, to understand
    Þú hlýtur að sjá hvað þetta er asnaleg hugmynd!
    You must see what a stupid idea this is!

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From earlier sási (attested in runic insriptions), originally the normal declension of + -si. Cognate with Old English þes (English this), Old High German dese (German diese).

Alternative forms

Pronoun

sjá (neuter þetta)

  1. (demonstrative) this, that (referring to both persons and things)
Declension


Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (to see) (for cognates see there). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Alternative forms

Verb

sjá (singular past indicative , plural past indicative ságu, , past participle sénn)

  1. to see
Conjugation
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Descendants

References

  • sjá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sjá

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of vera

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