seðr

See also: séðr

Old Norse

Verb

seðr

second/third-person singular present indicative active of seðja

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sanþiz (“more near, soon”), a denominal comparative adverb from the root of *sinnaną (“to head for, long for”). Related to senn.

Alternative forms

senn — younger

Adverb

seðr

(archaic) soon, at once
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng, stanza 15:
  seðr gekk Svǫlnis ekkja sundr
  at once the widow of Svǫlnir [= Earth] split asunder.

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