seiðr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛiðr̩/

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

• seizla
• seiða
• seiðberendr
• seiðgaldr
• seiðhjallr
• seiðkona
• seiðlæti
• seiðmagnan
• seiðmaðr
• seiðskratti
• seiðsla

 

Related terms

• síða (“to bewitch”)

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

• galdr

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

seiðr m (genitive seiðs)

1.  coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens)

Derived terms

• endiseiðr (“Jǫrmungandr”, literally “the boundary-saithe”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði
• Faroese: seiður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei
  • → Swedish: sej
  • → Danish: sej
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sei
  • → Finnish: seiti, sei
• → English: saithe
• → Russian: сайда (sajda)