Etymology

Probably an English development of sere adv., since no adjectival usage of ON sér is known (see OED).

PGmc Ancestor

*sē-z

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

sér 3 pers. sg. reflex. pron. (dat.)
(ONP )

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far sær, Icel sér, Norw sêr, Dan sær, I sær, runic Sw saʀ, Sw i sär

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

ON reflexive pers. pronominal dative sg. <em>-r</em> &lt; PGmc *<em>-z</em>

Summary category

A2c

Attestation

In ME from Orrm onwards, mostly N and E.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 124, 761, 822, etc.; Cl 336, 358, 507, etc.; Pat 12; WA 86, 570, 1083

MED and Skeat WA read the instance at WA 277 as the adj., but TPD interprets it as sere (adv.).

Bibliography

MED sēr(e (adj.2) , OED sere (adv. and adj.2) , HTOED , Dance sere (b)(adj.), Bj. 167-8,