| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek sem | 1pl | vér semjum | 1sg | ek semja | 1pl | vér semim |
| 2sg | þú semr | 2pl | þér semið | 2sg | þú semir | 2pl | þér semið |
| 3sg | hon semr | 3pl | þau semja | 3sg | hon semi | 3pl | þau semi |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek samda | 1pl | vér sǫmdum | 1sg | ek semda | 1pl | vér semdim |
| 2sg | þú samdir | 2pl | þér sǫmduð | 2sg | þú semdir | 2pl | þér semdið |
| 3sg | hon samdi | 3pl | þau sǫmdu | 3sg | hon semdi | 3pl | þau semdi |
| preterite infinitive | sǫmdu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | sǫmd | m. | samdr | n. | samt | |
| imperative | 2sg | sem | 1pl | semjum | 2pl | semið | |
| middle voice: semjask “be agreed” | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek semjumk | 1pl | vér semjumk | 1sg | ek semjumk | 1pl | vér semimk |
| 2sg | þú semsk | 2pl | þér semizk | 2sg | þú semisk | 2pl | þér semizk |
| 3sg | hon semsk | 3pl | þau semjask | 3sg | hon semisk | 3pl | þau semisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek sǫmdumk | 1pl | vér sǫmdumk | 1sg | ek semdumk | 1pl | vér semdimk |
| 2sg | þú samdisk | 2pl | þér sǫmduzk | 2sg | þú semdisk | 2pl | þér semdizk |
| 3sg | hon samdisk | 3pl | þau sǫmdusk | 3sg | hon semdisk | 3pl | þau semdisk |
| past participle | n. | sam(i)zk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | semsk | 1pl | semjumk | 2pl | semizk | |
PG *samjaną. Shares a root with the adjective PG *samaz), ON samr, which gave rise to OE same, ME sāme, MnE same, further Latin similis “similar,” the ON verb sama 3 “suit,” and the adverb adverb PG samana, ON saman, OE tōsamne, ME smen, Dutch samen, tezamen, German zusammen “together,” which gave rise to the verb PG *samnōną, ON safna 2, OE samnian 2, ME samnen, Dutch verzamelen, German sammeln. Participial variant samiðr. The whole preterite system (in variant forms) coincides with that of sama 3 “suit.”
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