seiðr

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *soytós.

Noun

seiðr m

  1. shamanism
  2. magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination
  3. witchcraft, sorcery
Declension
Declension of seiðr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative seiðr seiðrinn seiðar seiðarnir
accusative seið seiðinn seiða seiðana
dative seiði seiðinum seiðum seiðunum
genitive seiðar, seiðs, seiz seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins seiða seiðanna
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Icelandic: seiður
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: seid (learned)
  • → Swedish: sejd (learned)
  • → Danish: sejd (learned)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: seid
  • → Proto-Samic: *siejtē (see there for further descendants)

See also

Etymology 2

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Noun

seiðr m (genitive seiðs)

  1.  coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens)
Derived terms
  • endiseiðr (“Jǫrmungandr”, literally “the boundary-saithe”)
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