Old Norse Dictionary - sí

Meaning of Old Norse word "sí"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word sí can mean:

adv., contracted from sin, [Goth. sinteino = πάντοτε, sinteins = ἐπιούσιος, ὁ καθ ἡμέραν; O. H. G. sin- and sina- in several compds, e. g. sin-vluot, the great flood = the Deluge (whence by corruption the mod. Germ. sünd-fluth and Dan. synd-flod = the sin-flood); A. S. sin-; Lat. semper; see Grimm’s Gramm. ii. 554]:—ever; it is, however, used singly only in the phrase, sí ok æ, ever and aye, incessantly, but it is used in several compds as a prefixed particle.
II. with part., as sí-étandi, sí-drekkandi, sí-sofandi, sí-talandi, sí-sníkjandi, sí-hlæjandi, sí-grátandi, sí-stelandi, sí-ljúgandi, sí-rennandi, etc.
B. COMPDS: síbyrða, síbyrðis, síbyrt, sídægris, sífella, sífleyttr, sífrjór, síglaðr, sígrænn, síhverfr, símáligr, símælgi, síreiðr, sísoltinn, sívaf, sívalr, sívefja, síþögull.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
Germ.
German.
Goth.
Gothic.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
etc.
et cetera.
part.
participle.
l.
line.

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