seie

Inherited from Middle High German sīhen, from Old High German sīhan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīhwan, from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-.^[1]

Cognate with German seihen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯ə/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯ə
• Hyphenation: sei‧e

seie

1. (transitive, with accusative object) to strain; to sieve; to filter

• Sei

• seia (a infinitive)

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Akin to English say.

• IPA^(key): /²sɛɪːə/

seie (present tense seier, past tense sa, past participle sagt, passive infinitive seiast, present participle seiande, imperative sei)

1. to say, tell

   Kva skal du seie dei?

   What are you going to tell them?

• “seie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• soie

From Latin sēta.

seie oblique singular, f (oblique plural seies, nominative singular seie, nominative plural seies)

1. silk

• Middle French: soye
  • French: soie
• Norman: souaie

seie

1. to sow
2. to seed