saðr

See also: SADR

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, whence also Old English sæd, Old Frisian sed, Old Saxon sad, Old High German sat, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌸𐍃 (saþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-.

Adjective

saðr

  1. sated
  • seðja (“satisfy, satiate”)
Descendants
  • Danish: sat
  • Faroese: saður
  • Icelandic: saður
  • Norwegian: satt

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sanþaz Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s (“being, existing”), present participle of *h₁es- (“to be, exist”).

The change -nnr > -ðr is regular. Confer with maðr.

Alternative forms

Adjective

saðr (comparative sannari, superlative sannastr)

  1. true
  2. meet, proper
  3. (with at + dative) convicted of, guilty of
Declension
    Weak declension of saðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sanni sanna sanna
accusative sanna sǫnnu sanna
dative sanna sǫnnu sanna
genitive sanna sǫnnu sanna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǫnnu sǫnnu sǫnnu
accusative sǫnnu sǫnnu sǫnnu
dative sǫnnum sǫnnum sǫnnum
genitive sǫnnu sǫnnu sǫnnu
    Declension of comparative of saðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sannari sannara sannara
accusative sannara sannari sannara
dative sannara sannari sannara
genitive sannara sannari sannara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sannari sannari sannari
accusative sannari sannari sannari
dative sǫnnurum sǫnnurum sǫnnurum
genitive sannari sannari sannari
    Strong declension of superlative of saðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sannastr sǫnnust sannast
accusative sannastan sannasta sannast
dative sǫnnustum sannastri sǫnnustu
genitive sannasts sannastrar sannasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sannastir sannastar sǫnnust
accusative sannasta sannastar sǫnnust
dative sǫnnustum sǫnnustum sǫnnustum
genitive sannastra sannastra sannastra
Derived terms
  • sanna (“to affirm, prove”)
  • syn f (“denial”)
  • synd f (“sin”)
  • vera (“to be”)

References

  • saðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • sannr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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