Guð-sifja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Guð-sifja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 guð-sifja

1. adj. god-relatives; guðsifja þrír eigu ór dómi at rísa, Grág. (Kb.) i. 47; but guðsifjar, 158.

2 guð-sifja

2. u, f. a female gossip, godmother, N. G. L. i. 16, 350.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᛏ-ᛋᛁᚠᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
f.
feminine.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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