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síða

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See also: sida, Sida, SIDA, sidá, siða, and siþa

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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síða f (genitive singular síðu, plural síður)

  1. side
  2. page
  3. site

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative síða síðan síður síðurnar
accusative síðu síðuna síður síðurnar
dative síðu síðuni síðum síðunum
genitive síðu síðunnar síða síðanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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síða f (genitive singular síðu, nominative plural síður)

  1. side
  2. page
  3. (computing) webpage
    Synonym: vefsíða

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old English sīde, Old High German sīta.

Noun

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síða f

  1. side
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: síða
  • Faroese: síða
  • Norwegian Bokmål: side
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: side
  • Old Swedish: sīþa
  • Danish: side

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *sīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European séyt-e-ti, thematic root present to Proto-Indo-European *seyt-.

Verb

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síða

  1. to perform magic, work charms, practice sorcery
    • c. 900, Vitgeirr the sorcerer, loose stanza
      Þat’s vǫ́ lítil, · at vér síðim
      karla bǫrn · ok kerlinga,
      es Rǫgnvaldr síðr · réttilbeini
      hróðmǫgr Haralds · á Haðalandi.
      It's little harm that we should practice sorcery,
      the children of peasants and their wives,
      when Rainwald ‘straight-leg’ practices sorcery,
      Harold’s famous son, in Hadeland.
    • c. 960, Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Sigurðardrápa, stanza 3:
      [] seið Yggr til Rindar
      Ygg [= Óðinn] won Rind through magic.
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