"seave" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /siːv/ Forms: seaves [plural]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: From Old Norse sef, whence also Danish siv, Icelandic sef and Swedish säv (“club-rush”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|non|sef}} Old Norse sef, {{m|da|siv}} siv, {{m|is|sef}} sef, {{m|sv|säv||club-rush}} säv (“club-rush”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} seave (plural seaves)
  1. (UK, dialect) A rush (the plant). Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Rushes
    Sense id: en-seave-en-noun-u3HT7Hp6 Disambiguation of Rushes: 46 54 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialect) A wick made from this plant. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Rushes
    Sense id: en-seave-en-noun-9VHPDPi2 Disambiguation of Rushes: 46 54 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: seavy

Inflected forms

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