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sømme

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sœmə/, [ˈsœmə], [ˈsœmm̩]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse seyma (to stud) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *saumijaną (to sew, seam), cognate with German säumen, Dutch zomen. Derived from the noun *saumaz (stitch, seam) (Danish søm).

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sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

  1. to nail (to fix with a nail)
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Etymology 2

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From sauma (to sew), either a new formation from the noun saumr (seam, nails) or from Proto-Germanic *saumōną, a variant of the previous verb.

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sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

  1. to hem (to sew a hem)
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse sœma (to honour, be content, beseem), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (to fit), cognate with Old English sēman (to reconcile) (English seem is borrowed from Old Norse). Derived form the adjective *sōmiz (suitable). The modern Danish reflexive construction may be influenced by the unrelated German sich ziemen.

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sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

  1. (reflexive) to be proper, befit
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to befit
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