seyra

Old Norse

Etymology

From saurr (shit, filth) +‎ -ja (causative verb suffix).

Verb

seyra

  1. (mediopassive) to fester

Conjugation

Conjugation of seyra — active (weak class 1)
infinitive seyra
present participle seyrandi
past participle seyrðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular seyri seyrða seyra seyrða
2nd person singular seyrir seyrðir seyrir seyrðir
3rd person singular seyrir seyrði seyri seyrði
1st person plural seyrum seyrðum seyrim seyrðim
2nd person plural seyrið seyrðuð seyrið seyrðið
3rd person plural seyra seyrðu seyri seyrði
imperative present
2nd person singular seyr, seyri
1st person plural seyrum
2nd person plural seyrið
Conjugation of seyra — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive seyrask
present participle seyrandisk
past participle seyrzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular seyrumk seyrðumk seyrumk seyrðumk
2nd person singular seyrisk seyrðisk seyrisk seyrðisk
3rd person singular seyrisk seyrðisk seyrisk seyrðisk
1st person plural seyrumsk seyrðumsk seyrimsk seyrðimsk
2nd person plural seyrizk seyrðuzk seyrizk seyrðizk
3rd person plural seyrask seyrðusk seyrisk seyrðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular seyrsk, seyrisk
1st person plural seyrumsk
2nd person plural seyrizk

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “seyra”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press