Etymology

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Today it means: A rush (the plant). Full definition →

Old Norse sef
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromsef
  2. English todayseave

From Old Norse sef, whence also Danish siv, Icelandic sef and Swedish säv (“club-rush”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.