Sif

Old Norse Dictionary - sif

Betydningen af oldnorske ordet "sif"

Som defineret af Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse til English ordbog:

Oldnorske ordet sif kan betyde:sif

sif
f., pl. sifjar; [Ulf. sibja. Gal. iv. S. Rom. ix. 4; A. S. and Scot. sib; Engl. gos-sip = god-sib; Hel. sibbia; O. H. G. sibba; Germ. sippe]:—affinity.
sif
2. in sing. the word is only used as a pr. name ot the goddess Sif, gen. sifjar (dat. sifju, Edda i. 340). Sif, the golden-haired goddess, wife of Thor, betokens mother earth with her golden sheaves of grain; she was the goddess of the sanctity of the family and wedlock, whence her name, see Edda and the old poems passim.
sif
3. plur. ‘sib’, affinity, connection, by marriage; the word is used in ancient poems and in the law, and in compds; byggja sifjar, to marry; jafnnáit skal byggja sifjar ok frændsemi, Grág. i. 308; eigi skulu vera skyldri sifjar með þeim enn fimmta manni, i. e. no marriage nearer than the fifth degree, 310; sifjar (affinity) is opp. to frændsemi (blood relationship), flest stórmenni var bundit í frændsemi eða sifjum við hann, FmS. vii. 299, v. l.; spilla sifjum, to commit adultery; munu systrungar sifjum spilla, cousins will ‘spoil the sib,’ referring to adulterous intercourse with near relations in law, Vsp.; slíta sifjum = spilla sifjum, Merl. 154: again, þyrma sifjum, to hold the sifjar holy, Skv. 3. 28: hence sifja-slit and sifja-spell, n. pl. violation of the law of affinity, adultery; frændsemis-spell ok sifja-spell, Grág. i. 341, SkS. 338 B; þat eru sifjaslit en meiri, er maðr liggr með systrungum tveim, Grág. i. 358; í manndrápum ok í sifjasliti, Edda. The word sifjar also remains in bú-sifjar (q. v.), Landn. 147, Eg. 750, FS. 31; guð-sifjar (q. v.), as also guð-sefi, guð-sifja (q. v.), a gossip, sponsor: in karl-sift, kvenn-sift, q. v.; cp. also barna sifjar, the bond or unity arising from having had children together, or = adoption (?), cp. Ulf. suniwe-sibja = υἱοθεσία, Gal. iv. 5, LS. 16: lastly, the phrase, blanda sifjum, to blend sifjar together, to blend souls together (?), Hm. 125 (akin to sefi, q. v.)

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Yngre futhark runer blev brugt fra det 8. til det 12. århundrede i Skandinavien og deres oversøiske bosættelser

Forkortelser brugt:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Hel.
Heliand.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pl.
plural.
S.
Saga.
Scot.
Scottish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.
dat.
dative.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.
sing.
singular.
cp.
compare.
i. e.
id est.
opp.
opposed.
plur.
plural.
q. v.
quod vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Værker & Forfattere citeret:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Merl.
Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
➞ Se alle citerede værker i ordbogen

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