sæd

• IPA^(key): /sɛːd/, [sɛːˀð]

From Old Norse sáð (“seed”), from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz. Related to så (“sow”).

sæd c (singular definite sæden, not used in plural form)

1. seed, semen, sperm
2. seed (fertilized grain)

• (semen): sperm, sperma
• (seed): såsæd, sædekorn

From Old Norse siðr.

sæd c (singular definite sæden, plural indefinite sæder)

1. custom

• sædelig ("chaste", "moral")

• sæd on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Sæd (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

sæd

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of sad

sæd

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of seed (“seed”)

From Old Norse sáð, from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz.

sæd m (definite singular sæden, uncountable)

1. semen, sperm
2. (agriculture) seed (anything that can be sown that yields a crop)

• sperm (semen)
• sperma (semen)
• såkorn (seed)

• “sæd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sáð, from Proto-Germanic *sēdiz.

sæd m (definite singular sæden, uncountable)

1. semen, sperm

• sperma

• sædcelle

• “sæd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *sād. See there for more.

• sēd — Anglian

• IPA^(key): /sæːd/

sǣd n

1. seed
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þæt sǣd þe bufon ðām stǣniġum lande fēol sprytte hwæthwega, ac ðāðā sēo hǣte cōm, ðā forsċranc hit, forðan ðe hit næfde nǣnne wǣtan.

     The seed that fell upon the stony ground sprouted somewhat, but when the heat came, it withered, for it never had any moisture.

2. progeny
3. semen

Strong a-stem:

Sometimes it is declined as if a short stem: Strong a-stem:

• līnsǣd

• Middle English: seed
  • English: seed
  • Scots: seed, seid, sid
  • Yola: zeade

From Proto-West Germanic *sad. See there for more.

• IPA^(key): /sæd/

sæd

1. full, sated
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[1]:

     Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.

     I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.

2. weary

   Synonym: mēþe

• Middle English: sad
  • English: sad
  • Scots: sad
  • → Welsh: sad