Ægisif
Old Norse Dictionary - ægisif
Meaning of Old Norse word "ægisif"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ægisif
- f. a Norse popular name for the Αγία Σοφία in Constantinople, Rb., Symb., being an imitation of the word as spoken by the Greeks of the 11th century; the Norsemen on hearing the word from the mouth of the Greeks seem to have thought of their own heathen goddess Sif.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚴᛁᛋᛁᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)