| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek sami | 1pl | vér sǫmum | 1sg | ek sama | 1pl | vér samim |
| 2sg | þú samir | 2pl | þér samið | 2sg | þú samir | 2pl | þér samið |
| 3sg | hon samir | 3pl | þau sama | 3sg | hon sami | 3pl | þau sami |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek samða | 1pl | vér sǫmðum | 1sg | ek semða | 1pl | vér semðim |
| 2sg | þú samðir | 2pl | þér sǫmðuð | 2sg | þú semðir | 2pl | þér semðið |
| 3sg | hon samði | 3pl | þau sǫmðu | 3sg | hon semði | 3pl | þau semði |
| preterite infinitive | sǫmðu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | sǫmuð | m. | samaðr | n. | samat | |
| imperative | 2sg | sam | 1pl | sǫmum | 2pl | samið | |
| middle voice: samask | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek sǫmumk | 1pl | vér sǫmumk | 1sg | ek sǫmumk | 1pl | vér samimk |
| 2sg | þú samisk | 2pl | þér samizk | 2sg | þú samisk | 2pl | þér samizk |
| 3sg | hon samisk | 3pl | þau samask | 3sg | hon samisk | 3pl | þau samisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek sǫmðumk | 1pl | vér sǫmðumk | 1sg | ek semðumk | 1pl | vér semðimk |
| 2sg | þú samðisk | 2pl | þér sǫmðuzk | 2sg | þú semðisk | 2pl | þér semðizk |
| 3sg | hon samðisk | 3pl | þau sǫmðusk | 3sg | hon semðisk | 3pl | þau semðisk |
| past participle | n. | samazk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | samsk | 1pl | sǫmumk | 2pl | samizk | |
Shares a root with the adverb PG *samana, ON saman, OE (to)samne, ME smen, Dutch samen tezamen, German (zu)sammen “together” and the adjective PG *samaz, ON samr, which gave rise to OE same, ME sāme, MnE same; further Latin similis “similar.” Related also to the verb ON safna 2 “gather,” OE samnian 2, Dutch (ver)zamelen, German sammeln, and ON semja “put together.” Variants sóma, sœma, preterite samdi, participle samdr. The whole preterite system (in variant forms) coincides with that of semja 1 “put together.”
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