# signa
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪɡnə/

### Noun

signa
* plural of signum

### Anagrams

* Agins, Gains, Nagis, Siang, gains, ginas, ingas

## Catalan
### Verb

signa
* inflection of signar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪkna/
* Rhymes: -ɪkna

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse signa.

#### Verb

signa (third person singular past indicative signaði, third person plural past indicative signaðu, supine signað)
* to drop, sink, collapse, stagger, slump
    signa niðurdrop (down)
* to be unsafe or shaky
    Hann kendi, hvussu tað signaði undir fótinum.He felt that the ground was unsafe/shaky.
* to be bogged down
    Bilurin signaði niður.The car was bogged down.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse signa, from Latin signō.

#### Verb

signa (third person singular past indicative signaði, third person plural past indicative signaðu, supine signað)
* to bless
    signa segto cross oneself

##### Conjugation
## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

signa
* third-person singular past historic of signer

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪkna/
* Rhymes: -ɪkna

### Verb

signa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative signdi, supine signt)
* used in set phrases

#### Derived terms

* signa sig (“to cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross”)

#### See also

* kross

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsiɡ.na/, [ˈs̠ɪŋnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsiɲ.ɲa/, [ˈsiɲːä]

### Verb

signā
* second-person singular present active imperative of signō

### Noun

signa n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of signum (“sign, emblem”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

signa
* indefinite plural of signum

### Verb

signa
* past tense of signe
* past participle of signe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* signe (e- and split infinitives)

### Etymology

From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.

### Verb

signa (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative signa/sign)
* (transitive) to bless
* (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon

### References

* “signa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* gnisa, snagi

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

Probably from siginn, past participle of the verb síga.

#### Verb

signa
* (intransitive) to sink, slide down

##### Descendants

* Faroese: signa
* Norwegian Nynorsk: segne, segna (a-infinitive)

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin sīgnō.

#### Verb

signa
* (transitive) to bless
* (transitive, Christianity) to sign with the sign of the cross
* (transitive, Germanic paganism) to dedicate to a god
** Grágás, ch. 7
    Menn skulu trúa á einn guð ok á helga menn hans ok blóta eigi heiðnar vættir. Þá blótar hann heiðnar vættir ef hann signir fé sitt ǫðrum en guði, eða helgum mǫnnum hans. Ef maðr blótar heiðnar vættir, ok varðar þat fjǫrbaugsgarð.Men shall believe in one god and his holy men, and not worship heathen wights. One worships heathen wights if he dedicates his cattle to anyone other than god or his holy men. If a man worships heathen wights, that warrants lesser outlawry (fjǫrbaugsgarðr).
** Hákonar saga góða in Heimskringla
    En er it fyrsta full var skenkt, þá mælti Sigurðr jarl fyrir ok signaði Óðni ok drakk af horninu til konungs.And when the first toast was poured, then Earl Siward made a speech and dedicated it to Óðinn, and drank from the horn for the sake of the king.

##### Descendants

* Faroese: signa
* Norwegian Nynorsk: signa, signe (e- and split infinitives)
* Norwegian Bokmål: signe

### References

* ↑ Cf. with information on Norwegian descendants “signa” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “signa1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “signa2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Spanish
### Verb

signa
* inflection of signar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Verb

signa (present signar, preterite signade, supine signat, imperative signa)
* (dated) Synonym of välsigna (“bless”)
* (colloquial) Synonym of signera (put a signature on (to indicate approval, or more generally))
    Synonym: sajna
* (colloquial) to sign (finalize a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label, or the like)
    Synonyms: sajna, skriva på
    Hon signades av ett belgiskt skivbolagShe was signed by a Belgian record company

#### Conjugation
### References

* signa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* signa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* signa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)