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sefte

Pronunciation: /ˈseːf.te/

“sefte” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. soft, luxurious
  2. gentle, not harsh
  3. easy, pleasant
  4. quiet, undisturbed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (“at the same height, level, flat, smooth, not rough”) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”).

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