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
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