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sjá

sjá

See also: sjå and sją̊

Icelandic

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 syn.
  3. to see, to understand syn.
    Þú hlýtur að sjá hvað þetta er asnaleg hugmynd!
    You must see what a stupid idea this is!

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the same ultimate origin as and þat. Related to Old English se. Cognate with Old English þes, Old High German dese, English this and German diese.

Pronoun

sjá (neuter þetta)

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


Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

  • séa
  • siá

Verb

sjá

  1. to see
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Faroese: síggja
  • Icelandic: sjá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjå
  • Swedish: se (from séa)
  • Danish: se (from séa)

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