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siðr

siðr

Old Norse

Noun

siðr m

  1. a custom, a habit
  2. a conduct, morality, religion

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siduz, from Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ- ‎(“custom, habit”). Cognate to Old English sidu ‎(“a custom; a manner; a rite; purity”), Old High German situ ‎(“a custom, a habit”) (whence the German Sitte), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 ‎(sidus), Ancient Greek ήθος ‎(ḗthos).

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