seiðr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛiðr̩/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

seiðr m

shamanism
magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination.
witchcraft, sorcery

Declension

Declension of seiðr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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)

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)

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