Sif-kona
Old Norse Dictionary - sif-kona
Meaning of Old Norse word "sif-kona"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sif-kona
- u, f. a woman related through affinity, opp. to frændkona; þá er maðr á frændkonu sína eðr sifkonu, Grág. i. 366; frændkonu sína eðr sifkonu at fimta manni, H. E. i. 245; til Ástríðar sifkonu sinnar, Fms. ix. 243.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚠ-ᚴᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)