seiðr

== English == === Alternative forms === seid, seidh, seidhr, seidr, seith, seithr === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr. === Noun === seiðr (uncountable) (Germanic paganism) A form of magic originating in Viking society and revived by modern pagans, incorporating ritualistic, shamanistic, and divinatory elements. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:seiðr. ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛiðr̩/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *soytós (“magic; string rope”). Cognate to Lithuanian saitas (“tie, tether”), Proto-Germanic *saiþa- → Old High German seid (“cord”) (German Saite). ==== Noun ==== seiðr m shamanism magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination witchcraft, sorcery ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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 ==== Noun ==== seiðr m (poetry) cord, string ===== Derived terms ===== (kenning) endiseiðr (“Jǫrmungandr”, literally “the end-cord, the boundary-serpent”) (kenning) grafseiðr (“Fafnir”, literally “the grave cord, the cave-serpent”) Synonym: grafþueingr === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== seiðr m (genitive seiðs) coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði Faroese: seiður Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei Russenorsk: сайка (sajka) → Swedish: sej → Danish: sej Norwegian Bokmål: sei → Finnish: seiti, sei → English: saithe → Russian: сайда (sajda)