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refl., seðjast á e-u, af e-u, to eat one's fill of a thing. Cf. 'saddr'.
sef, n. sedge, rush.
sefa (að), v. to soothe, appease, calm (ef hann fær eigi sefat hana); refl., sefast, to be soothed, appeased, of anger (gekk af honum móðrinn ok sefaðist hann).
sefaðr, pp. propitious (dróttinn sé honum jafnan s.).
sefi, m. poet. (1) mind, affection (sorgmóðr s.); (2) kinsman.
sef-tjörn, f. sedge-tarn;
-visk, n. sedge-wisp.
seggr (pl. -ir, gen. -ja), m. poet. man.
segi or sigi, m. slice, strip, shred (skera e-t í sega).
segja (segi, sagða, sagðr), v. (1) to say, tell (seg þú mér þat, er ek spyr þik); þeir sögðu, at þeir skyldu aldri upp gefast, they said they would never yield; s. e-m leið, to tell the way, esp. on the sea, to pilot; s. tíðendi, to tell news; impers. it is told (hér segir frá Birni bunu); sem áðr sagði, as was told before; segjanda er allt vin sínum, all can be told to a friend; (2) to say, declare, in an oath; ek segi þat guði (Æsi), I declare to God (to the 'Áss'); (3) law phrases; s. sik í þing, lög, to declare oneself member of a community; s. sik ór þingi, lögum, to declare oneself out of, withdraw from, a community; s. skilit við konu, to declare oneself separated from, divorce, one's wife; s. fram sök, to declare one's case; s. lög, to recite the law, of the 'lögsögumaðr'; (4) to signify, mean (þetta segir svá); (5) with preps., s. e-n af e-u, to declare one off a thing, take it from him; s. e-t á e-n, to impose on (bœta at þeim hluta, sem lög segði á hann); to announce (s. á reiði, úsátt sína); s. eptir e-m, to tell tales of one; s. frá e-u, to tell, relate; Unnr, er ek sagða þér frá, U. of whom I told thee; s. fyrir e-u, to prescribe (svá var með öllu farit, sem hann hafði fyrir sagt); s. fyrir skipi, to bid God-speed to a ship; s. e-t fyrir, to predict, foretell (s. fyrir úorðna hluti); s. e-u sundr, í sundr, to break up, dissolve (s. sundr friði, frændsemi, hjúskap); s.
til e-s, to tell, inform of (segit honum ekki til, hvat þér hafit gört við hrossit); s. til nafns síns, s. til sín, to tell (give) one's name; s. upp e-t, to pronounce (s. upp dóm, gørð); s. upp lög, to proclaim the law (from the law-hill); s. e-n upp, to give one up; s. upp e-u, to declare at an end (s. upp friði, griðum); s. upp þjónustu við e-n, to leave one's service; (6) refl., segjast, to dec/are of oneself; hann sagðist þá vaka, he said that he was awake; kristnir menn ok heiðnir sögðust hvárir ór lögum annarra, they declared themselves each out of the other's laws; láta (sér) segjast, to let oneself be spoken to, listen to reason; impers., e-m segist svá, one's tale runs so.
segjands-saga, f. a hearsay tale.
segl, a. sail; draga, vinda (upp) s., to hoist sail; leggja (ofan) s., to take in sail; hlaða seglum, to furl the sails.
segl-bót, f. sail-mending;
-búinn, pp. 'sail-boun', ready to sail;
-laun, n. pl. return (payment) for a sail;
-marr, m. poet. 'sail-steed', ship;
-rá, f. sail-yard;
-reiði, m. sail-rigging;
-tœkr, a. fit for sailing (-tœkt veðr);
-viðr, m. 'sail-tree', spar, yard;
-vigg, n. poet. = -marr.
seiða (-dda, -ddr), v. to enchant by a spell; s. seið, to work a spell.
seið-berendr, m. pl. sorcerers;
-galdr, m. enchantment by spells;
-hjallr, m. incantation-scaffold;
-kona, f. sorceress, witch;
-læti, n. pl. the sounds heard during the incantation;
-maðr, m. enchanter, wizard;
-magnan, f. the working of a spell.
seiðr (gen. seiðs or seiðar), m. spell, charm, enchantment, incantation; seiða (efla, magna) seið, to work a spell, practise sorcery.
seið-skratti, m. wizard.
seiðsla, f. = seiðmagnan.
seið-staðr, m. the place where a spell is worked;
-stafr, m. enchanter's wand;
-villa, f. spells to counteract witchcraft (rísta -villur).
seig-liga, adv. slowly.
seigr, a. (1) tough, viscid (seigt lím); (2) stubborn (s. á. sitt mál); (3) difficult (seigt mun veita at kristna Island).

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