sœkja 1 (long stem) “seek”

“visit; fetch; prosecute; travel; push forward; attack; overcome”

highly frequent

transitive (acc)/impersonal transitive (dat)

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek sœki 1pl vér sœkjum 1sg ek sœkja 1pl vér sœkim
2sg þú sœkir 2pl þér sœkið 2sg þú sœkir 2pl þér sœkið
3sg hon sœkir 3pl þau sœkja 3sg hon sœki 3pl þau sœki
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek sótta 1pl vér sóttum 1sg ek sœtta 1pl vér sœttim
2sg þú sóttir 2pl þér sóttuð 2sg þú sœttir 2pl þér sœttið
3sg hon sótti 3pl þau sóttu 3sg hon sœtti 3pl þau sœtti
preterite infinitive sóttu
past participle f. sótt m. sóttr n. sótt
imperative 2sg sœk 1pl sœkjum 2pl sœkið
middle voice: sœkjask “pass by; seek each other out; attack, fight one another; be attacked, overcome”
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek sœkjumk 1pl vér sœkjumk 1sg ek sœkjumk 1pl vér sœkimk
2sg þú sœkisk 2pl þér sœkizk 2sg þú sœkisk 2pl þér sœkizk
3sg hon sœkisk 3pl þau sœkjask 3sg hon sœkisk 3pl þau sœkisk
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek sóttumk 1pl vér sóttumk 1sg ek sœttumk 1pl vér sœttimk
2sg þú sóttisk 2pl þér sóttuzk 2sg þú sœttisk 2pl þér sœttizk
3sg hon sóttisk 3pl þau sóttusk 3sg hon sœttisk 3pl þau sœttisk
past participle n. sózk
imperative 2sg sœksk 1pl sœkjumk 2pl sœkizk

PG *sōkijaną, OE sēcan 1, ME sēchen, MnE seek (the k possibly influenced by the ON form), Dutch zoeken, German suchen. Note the unmutated preterite, resulting from a lacking i-theme in the preterite, as well as the -tt- sequence assimilated from kt > ht, a development shared with yrkja and þykkja. Preterite variant sœkti, participle sœktr.

assimilation

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