spilla sifjum

Old Norse

Verb

spilla sifjum

1. (poetic) to "defile kinship"; to commit incest
   • 10th century, Vǫluspá

     Brǿðr munu bęrjask · ok at bǫnum verðask,
     munu systrungar · sifjum spilla;

     Brothers shall fight and fell each other; sisters’ sons will defile the kinship;

Related terms

• sifjaspell (“kinship-defilement; incest”)