Noun: sefa
Gender: m
Genitive
| Singular | sefan |
| Plural | sefena |
Dative
| Singular | sefan |
| Plural | sefum |
Accusative
| Singular | sefan |
| Plural | sefan |
Sample Sentences
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Ealle þa gemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan to sīþe (All these things urge him who is eager of spirit to travel. (The Seafarer))
Nouns inflected like sefa
sealma,
cristalla,
snecga,
smitta,
sogoþa,
yrfenuma,
selfbana,
bedreda,
worhana,
uuituma,
merefara,
collecta,
hringedstefna,
wyrtwala,
wyrtruma,
ferðloca,
græshoppa,
ferþloca,
forespreca,
græsstapa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sebō, from Proto-Germanic *sebô (“mind, sense”), from Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to try, research”). Cognate with Old Saxon sevo, Old Norse sefi, Latin sapiō. See: Old Norse Nouns '
sefi', Latin Nouns '
sapiō'.
Verbs referencing "sefa"
Old Norse Nouns
sefi.
Translations