Nominal Forms
Infinitive: sy
Present participle:
Past participle: syet
Indicative
Present
| jeg | syr |
| du | syr |
| han | syr |
| vi | syr |
| I | syr |
| de | syr |
Present Perfect
| jeg | har syet |
| du | har syet |
| han | har syet |
| vi | har syet |
| I | har syet |
| de | har syet |
Past
| jeg | syede |
| du | syede |
| han | syede |
| vi | syede |
| I | syede |
| de | syede |
Past Perfect
| jeg | havde syet |
| du | havde syet |
| han | havde syet |
| vi | havde syet |
| I | havde syet |
| de | havde syet |
Future
| jeg | vil sy |
| du | vil sy |
| han | vil sy |
| vi | vil sy |
| I | vil sy |
| de | vil sy |
Future Perfect
| jeg | vil have syet |
| du | vil have syet |
| han | vil have syet |
| vi | vil have syet |
| I | vil have syet |
| de | vil have syet |
Conditional
Present
| jeg | ville sy |
| du | ville sy |
| han | ville sy |
| vi | ville sy |
| I | ville sy |
| de | ville sy |
Perfect
| jeg | ville have syet |
| du | ville have syet |
| han | ville have syet |
| vi | ville have syet |
| I | ville have syet |
| de | ville have syet |
Verbs conjugated like 'sy'
afsky,
attrå,
bebo,
bero,
bestrø,
betro,
bo,
dræ,
dy,
fly,
flå,
formå,
forny,
forrå,
forsmå,
fø,
glo,
gro,
gry,
gø, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sy'
dy,
ly,
så,
se,
si,
sky,
spy,
ty,
ae,
ase,
Translations
sew, (transitive) use a needle
sew, (intransitive) use a needle
Etymology
From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną, cognate with Swedish sy, English sew. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”), which is also the source of Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati), Lithuanian siū́ti. See: Proto-Germanic '
*siwjaną', Swedish '
sy', English '
sew', Latin '
suō', Sanskrit '
सीव्यति'.
Verbs referencing "sy"
Old English
siwian.
Sample Sentences