Icelandic

Verb

seðja ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saddi, supine satt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative case) to fill, to satiate, to sate

   Seðja hrafn á holdi.‎

   To feed a raven with flesh.

   Seðja þorsta.‎

   To slake the thirst.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• seðjast (reflective) to be sated, to eat one's fill

Related terms

• saddur (to have eaten one's fill)
• saddur á (to have got enough of something)

Synonyms

• (sate): metta

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.