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sif

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, sifjar; [ sibja. Gal. iv. s. Rom. ix. 4; and sib; gos-sip = god-sib; sibbia; sibba; sippe]:—affinity.
2. in the word is only used as a name ot the goddess Sif, sifjar ( sifju, i. 340). Sif, the golden-haired goddess, wife of Thor, betokens mother earth with her golden sheaves of grain; she was the goddess of the sanctity of the family and wedlock, whence her name, see and the old poems passim.3. ‘sib’, affinity, connection, by marriage; the word is used in ancient poems and in the law, and in compds; byggja sifjar, to marry; jafnnáit skal byggja sifjar ok frændsemi, i. 308; eigi skulu vera skyldri sifjar með þeim enn fimmta manni, no marriage nearer than the fifth degree, 310; sifjar (affinity) is to frændsemi (blood relationship), flest stórmenni var bundit í frændsemi eða sifjum við hann, vii. 299, ; spilla sifjum, to commit adultery; munu systrungar sifjum spilla, cousins will ‘spoil the sib,’ referring to adulterous intercourse with near relations in law, ; slíta sifjum = spilla sifjum, 154: again, þyrma sifjum, to hold the sifjar holy, 3. 28: hence sifja-slit and sifja-spell, violation of the law of affinity, adultery; frændsemis-spell ok sifja-spell, i. 341, 338 B; þat eru sifjaslit en meiri, er maðr liggr með systrungum tveim, i. 358; í manndrápum ok í sifjasliti, . The word sifjar also remains in bú-sifjar (), 147, 750, 31; guð-sifjar (), as also guð-sefi, guð-sifja (), a gossip, sponsor: in karl-sift, kvenn-sift, ; also barna sifjar, the bond or unity arising from having had children together, or = adoption (?), suniwe-sibja = υἱοθεσία, Gal. iv. 5, 16: lastly, the phrase, blanda sifjum, to blend sifjar together, to blend souls together (?), 125 (akin to sefi, )
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  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
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  • Engl.English.
  • Hel.Heliand.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • sing.eintala (e. singular)
  • pr.proper, properly.
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • i. e.id est.
  • opp.opposed.
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
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