sialfær

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• sælf (Jutlandic)
• ᛋᛁᛆᛚᚠᛅᚱ (Runic)

Etymology

From Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronoun

sialfær (feminine nominative singular sialf, neuter nominative singular sialft)

1. (Scania) self
   • c. 1210, "Ryftær bondæn sialfær", Scanian Law, chapter 161.

     ᚱᛦᚠᛐᛅᚱ ᛒᚮᚿᛑᛅᚿ ᛋᛁᛆᛚᚠᛅᚱ ᛋᛆᚼᚢ ᛅᚠᛐᛁᚱ ᛋᛁᚿᚢᛘ ᚦᚱᛅᛚᛚᛂ […]

     Ryftær bondæn sialfær sahu æftir sinum þrælle […]

     If the farmer himself admits what is said about his slave […]

Descendants

• Scanian: sælver
• Danish: selv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selv
• Jutish: sjæl