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Webster 1913 Edition


Seg

Seg

,
Noun.
[See
Sedge
.]
(Bot.)
1.
Sedge.
[Obs.]
2.
The gladen, and other species of Iris.
Prior.

Seg

,
Noun.
[Probably from the root of L.
secare
to cut.]
A castrated bull.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seg

SEG

,
Noun.
Sedge. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


seg

seg

See also: SEG and -ség

English

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

Etymology 3

Short for segregation.

Noun

seg (plural segs)

  1. (US prison slang, uncountable) 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.

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. Also known as a blakey.
  2. (dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.

Etymology 5

See sedge.

Noun

seg

  1. sedge
  2. gladen, or other species of Iris
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Verb

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

  1. Obsolete form of .

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seː/
    Rhymes: -eː

Pronoun

seg accusative reflexive

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Declension

Reflexive pronouns - Afturbent fornavn
Singular (eintal), Plural (fleirtal) 3. m, f, n
Nominative (hvørfall)
Accusative (hvønnfall) seg
Dative (hvørjumfall) sær
Genitive (hvørsfall) sín

References

  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 119 f., 325 ff.)

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sik.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

seg

  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

References