seg

• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

From Middle English segge, from Old English secg (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).

• segge (obsolete)

seg (plural segs)

1. (archaic) A man; warrior; hero.
2. (Britain dialectal) A man; fellow.

Probably from the root of Latin secare (“to cut”).

seg (plural segs)

1. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A castrated bull.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Clipping of segregation

seg (uncountable)

1. (US prison slang) Segregation
   • 1988, July 15, “Albert Williams”, in Prison Drama‎:

     […] when a prisoner is transferred or paroled or sent to "seg" (segregation) or hauled back into court, they don't ask if he's busy with a lead role in a play.

seg (plural segs)

1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear. Also known as a blakey.
2. (dialectal) A callus, an area of hardened skin.

See sedge.

seg

1. sedge
2. gladen, or other species of Iris

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)

• GSE, gEs

seg (present seg, present participle seggende, past participle gesê)

1. Obsolete form of sê.

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

• IPA^(key): /seː/

  Rhymes: -eː

seg (accusative reflexive)

1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
   • seta seg niður

     to sit down

• Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. ., 325 ff.)

From Old English seċġ (“sedge”).

seg

1. Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

From Old English seċġ (“man”).

seg

1. Alternative form of segge (“man”)

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
3. (with verb) themselves

• hver for seg
• være for seg selv

• seig

seg

1. simple past of sige

From Old Norse sik.

• IPA^(key): /seːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (with verb) oneself; itself; himself/herself
2. (with verb) one, him, her, it, them
3. (with verb) themselves

• kvar for seg
• vera for seg sjølv

• “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

• IPA^(key): [séːɣ], [se̞], [se], [sɪ]

  (stressed): Rhymes: -éːɣ, -ɪɣ, -ɪ

  (unstressed): Rhymes: -ɪɣ, -e, -ɪ

seg - reflexive pronoun

1. (reflexive) accusative and dative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)

   tvill bórt sä i skogjen

   to get oneself lost in the forest

2. (referring to the subject of the main clause) him, her, it, them

   haimfålke fik en til fåli ve si

   the home folks got him to accompany them

• sä
• säg
• se
• si

Singular of saaij (“say”).

• IPA^(key): [séːɣ], [si]

  Rhymes: -éːɣ, -ɪɣ, -ɪ

seg

1. I, thou, he, she, it says