sær

From Old Danish sær, from Old Norse sér.

• IPA^(key): /sɛːr/, [sæɐ̯ˀ]

sær (neuter sært, plural and definite singular attributive sære, comparative særere, superlative (predicative) særest, superlative (attributive) særeste)

1. odd, queer, peculiar, weird
2. eccentric, dotty

Inflection of sær
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	sær	særere	særest2
Indefinite neuter singular	sært	særere	særest2
Plural	sære	særere	særest2
Definite attributive1	sære	særere	særeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

• mærkelig
• besynderlig

• sær-

Compare Icelandic sér. From Proto-Germanic *se-.

• IPA^(key): [sɛar]

sær

1. reflexive pronoun, 3rd person dative, himself, herself, itself, themselves

   Hon vaskaði sær.

   She washed herself.

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

• Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 119 f., 325 ff.)

sær

1. third-person singular present of síggja

Conjugation of síggja (irregular)
infinitive	síggja
supine	sæð, sætt
participle (a18)1	síggjandi	sæddur
	present	past
first singular	síggi	sá
second singular	sært	sást
third singular	sær	sá
plural	síggja	sóu
	imperative
singular	sí/síggj!
plural	síggið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• sjór (common)
• sjár

From Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

• IPA^(key): /saiːr/
• Rhymes: -aiːr

sær m (genitive singular sævar, no plural)

1. (poetic or literary) sea, ocean

• sæbjúga (“sea cucumber”)

sær

1. Alternative form of sore

sær

1. Alternative form of sore

sær

1. Alternative form of sore

• (non-standard since 2012) ser

From Old Norse sér, the third person reflexive pronoun in the dative, from Proto-Germanic *siz. Cognates include Icelandic sér and Faroese sær where it is still used as the dative reflexive pronoun, as well as Danish sær, which has taken on senses similar to those in modern Norwegian.

sær (neuter sært, definite singular and plural sære, comparative særare, indefinite superlative særast, definite superlative særaste)

1. (about a person or behaviour) eccentric, dotty, weird
2. odd, peculiar
3. (literary) mystical
4. sulky

• Used as the first part in compounds, sær more often than not should be understood in the sense of "peculiar" or "special".

• særa, sære (verb, rare)

• “sær” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “sær-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ræs

• sjór, sjár

From Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, ocean”). Cognate with Old English sǣ, Old Frisian sē, Old Saxon sēo, Old High German sēo, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws).

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːr/

sær m (genitive sævar)

1. the sea, ocean
   • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     […] vara sandr né sær / né svalar unnir, […]

     […] there was no sand nor sea / nor gelid waves, […]

2. seawater (in contrast with fresh water)

   Antonym: vatn

Irregular mix of wa- and i-stem endings.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sær

1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of sá

• sær in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• sær in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.