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Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse sifi (“a relation by marriage, an affinis”) whence sifjungr (“a relation by affinity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sifji m (genitive singular sifja, nominative plural sifjar)
- (poetic, dated) a close relation, a close relative
- The first verse of the poem "Þó þú langförull legðir" by Stephan G. Stephansson
- Þó þú langförull legðir
- sérhvert land undir fót,
- bera hugur og hjarta
- samt þíns heimalands mót,
- frænka eldfjalls og íshafs!
- sifji árfoss og hvers!
- dóttir langholts og lyngmós!
- sonur landvers og skers!
- Even if you, who have travelled far,
- would journey every land there is,
- both your heart and mind would
- bear the mould of your native land,
- oh aunt of the volcano and sea of ice!
- oh relative of the waterfall and hot spring!
- oh son of the hills and skerry!