síða

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

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

síða f (genitive singular síðu, plural síður)

  1. side
  2. page
  3. site

Declension

Declension of síða
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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

síða f (genitive singular síðu, nominative plural síður)

  1. side
  2. page
  3. (computing) webpage

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Noun

síða f

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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 won Rind through magic.
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