Guð-sifja
Old Norse Dictionary - guð-sifja
Meaning of Old Norse word "guð-sifja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word guð-sifja can mean:guð-sifja
- guð-sifja
- 1. adj. god-relatives; guðsifja þrír eigu ór dómi at rísa, Grág. (Kb.) i. 47; but guðsifjar, 158.
- guð-sifja
- 2. u, f. a female gossip, godmother, N. G. L. i. 16, 350.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦ-ᛋᛁᚠᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)