different between gladen vs seg

English

Etymology 1

From Old English glaedene from Latin gladiolus (“little sword; sword lily”).

Alternative forms

• gladdon
• glader
• gladwyn

Noun

gladen (uncountable)

1. Sword grass.
2. Any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially Iris foetidissima.

Etymology 2

Verb

gladen (third-person singular simple present gladens, present participle gladening, simple past and past participle gladened)

1. Obsolete form of gladden.
   • 14th c, unknown translator, The Book of Canticles, transcription in 1836, Adam Clarke (editor), The Holy Bible: With a Commentary and Critical Notes, Volume 2, page 506,

     We schul ful out joyen and gladen in thee, myndful of the tetis upon wyn, rigtmen loven thee.

   • c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, 2004, page 67,

     And to Pandare he held up bothe his hondes, / And seyde, 'Lord, al thyne be that I have, For I am hool, al brosten been my bondes: / A thousand Troians who so that me yave, / Eche after other, god so wis me save, / Ne mighte me so gladen; lo myn herte, / It spredeth so for loye, it wol to-sterte!

   • 1863, Jason Ham, Sanitary Report from Louisville, Ky, 1865, Documentary Journal of the General Assembly of the State Indiana, page 166,

     This is a pleasant part of my duty, it gladens my heart to be able to bestow upon the afflicted boys some of the comforts of home and former days.

Conjugation

Anagrams

• Glenda, angled, dangle, geland

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• segge (obsolete)

Noun

seg (plural segs)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

seg (plural segs)

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

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Etymology 3

Clipping of segregation

Noun

seg (uncountable)

1. (US prison slang) Segregation

Etymology 4

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear.

   Synonym: blakey

2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.

Coordinate terms

• hobnail

Etymology 5

See sedge.

Noun

seg

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

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Etymology 6

Noun

seg (plural segs)

1. (broadcasting) Clipping of segment.
   • 1951, December 15, Billboard (page 6)

     The usual partisanship for bankrollers of radio segs is shown on TV stations.

Anagrams

• EGs, GSE, gEs

Afrikaans

Verb

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

1. Obsolete form of sê.

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?/

  Rhymes: -e?

Pronoun

seg (accusative reflexive)

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

     to sit down

Declension

References

• 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.)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English se?? (“sedge”).

Noun

seg

1. Alternative form of segge (“sedge”)

Etymology 2

From Old English se?? (“man”).

Noun

seg

1. Alternative form of segge (“man”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

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

Derived terms

• hver for seg
• være for seg selv

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• seig

Verb

seg

1. simple past of sige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek (accusative of *se-). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swe- (“self”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

seg - reflexive pronoun

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

Derived terms

• kvar for seg
• vera for seg sjølv

Related terms

• sin
• sær

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

sèg

1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of segja

Etymology 3

Verb

seg

1. imperative of sega

References

• “seg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??/

Adjective

seg (comparative segare, superlative segast)

1. tough
2. capable of withstanding a lot of torsion without breaking
3. chewy
4. leathery
5. slow-witted
6. tardy
7. rubbery

Declension

Derived terms

• seghet

Related terms

• tänja

Anagrams

• ges

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sé??], [se?], [se], [s?]

  (stressed): Rhymes: -é??, -??, -?

  (unstressed): Rhymes: -??, -e, -?

Pronoun

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

Alternative forms

• sä
• säg
• se
• si

Etymology 2

Singular of saaij (“say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sé??], [si]

  Rhymes: -é??, -??, -?

Verb

seg

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