siðr
Appearance
See also: sidr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *siduz, from Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ- (“custom, habit”). Cognate to Old English sidu (“a custom; a manner; a rite; purity”), Old High German situ (“a custom, a habit”) (whence German Sitte), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus), Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos).
Noun
[edit]siðr m
Declension
[edit] Declension of siðr (strong u-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: siður
- Faroese: siður
- Norwegian: sed
- Jamtish: sið
- Old Swedish: siþer, sedher
- Swedish: sed
- Danish: sæd
References
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press