FromOld Norsesegja, fromProto-Germanic*sagjaną, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to say”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈseiːja/

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  Rhymes:-eiːja

  Homophone:seigja

segja (weak verb,third-person singular past indicativesagði,supinesagt)

1. tosay, totell [withdative]
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic,English)

     Heyr, einhversegir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voicesays, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

   Égsegi sögunaá eftir.

   I'lltell the storylater.

   Segðu mér eitthvað skemmtilegt.

   Tell me something interesting.

This verb is cognate with Englishsay, but is sometimes used in places wheretell orspeak would be used in English, such as:

• segjabrandara ―totell a joke

• sigja,sea(dialectal)

FromOld Norsesegja, fromProto-Germanic*sagjaną, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to say”). Akin toEnglishsay.

• IPA^(key): /²sɛɪɑ/,/²sɛːjɑ/
• Rhymes:-ɛɪɑ,-ɛːjɑ
• Hyphenation:seg‧ja

segja (present tensesegjer,past tensesaorsagde,supinesagt,past participlesagd,present participlesegjande,imperativesèg)

1. (pre-1938) tosay,tell;alternative form ofseia

   Kva skal dusegja deim?

   What are you going totell them?

• segjand
• segjande
• segjande-sogn
• segjing

• “segja” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

FromProto-Germanic*sagjaną(“to say”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to say”). Cognate withOld Englishsecġan,Old Frisiansedza,sidza,sega,Old Saxonseggian,Old High Germansagēn.

segja (singular past indicativesagði,plural past indicativesǫgðu,past participlesagðr)

1. tosay,tell,declare

• Icelandic:segja
• Faroese:siga
• Norwegian Nynorsk:seia,segja
• Jamtish:segi
• Elfdalian:saja
• Old Swedish:sæghia,sighia
  • Swedish:säga
• Old Danish:sæghiæ,sighæ
  • Danish:sige
    • Norwegian Bokmål:si
  • Scanian:siğa,sæğa
• Old Gutnish:segia
  • Gutnish:säge

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “segja”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

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