Sér
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sérMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sér" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sér Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sér
- I) refl. pron. dat.
- sér
- 1) for oneself, separately, singly (fór Eyjólfr einn ~);
- sér
- eitt er þat ~, that is a thing by itself;
- sér
- 2) in a distributive sense, ~ hverr, ~ hvárr, each by himself, each separately;
- sér
- ef ~ ferr hverr várr, if each of us goes by himself;
- sér
- stundum báðir samt, stundum ~ hvárr þeirra, sometimes each of them singly;
- sér
- þat lið, er honum fylgði, flýr ~ hvat, in all directions.
- sér
- II) from vera.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- n.
- neuter.
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