sæmann

Old English

Etymology

From sǣ +‎ mann. Compare Dutch zeeman, German Seemann, Swedish sjöman and Icelandic sjómaður.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæːˌmɑnn/, [ˈsæːˌmɑn]

Noun

sǣmann m

seaman

Declension

Declension of sæmann (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣmann	sǣmenn
accusative	sǣmann	sǣmenn
genitive	sǣmannes	sǣmanna
dative	sǣmenn	sǣmannum

Descendants

Middle English: seman
- English: seaman
- Scots: seaman

References

sǣmann in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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