Systkin
Old Norse Dictionary - systkin
Meaning of Old Norse word "systkin"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word systkin can mean:systkin
- systkin
- n. pl., sounded syskin and spelt thus, Edda i. 56, Landn. 149, Fms. vi. 398, Grág. i. 232, n. G. l. i. 151; [Dan. sösken]:—collect. a brother and sister, brothers and sisters; öll syskin sín, þau systkin, systkin sín, passim; telja frá systkinum tveim, n. G. l. i. 147.
- systkin
- COMPDS: systkinabörn, systkinadætr, systkinasynir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛋᛏᚴᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- collect.
- collective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)