síða

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: sida, Sida, SIDA, sidá, siða, and siþa

Faroese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

síða f (genitive singular síðu, plural síður)

  1. side
  2. page
  3. site

Declension

[edit]
Declension of síða
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative síða síðan síður síðurnar
accusative síðu síðuna síður síðurnar
dative síðu síðuni síðum síðunum
genitive síðu síðunnar síða síðanna

Icelandic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

síða f (genitive singular síðu, nominative plural síður)

  1. side
  2. page
  3. (computing) webpage

Declension

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Old Norse

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, whence also Old English sīde, Old High German sīta.

Noun

[edit]

síða f

  1. side
Declension
[edit]
Descendants
[edit]
  • Icelandic: síða
  • Faroese: síða
  • Norwegian Bokmål: side
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: side
  • Old Swedish: sīþa
  • Danish: side

Etymology 2

[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European séyt-e-ti, thematic root present to Proto-Indo-European *seyt-.

Verb

[edit]

síða

  1. to perform magic, work charms, practice sorcery
    • c. 900, Vitgeirr the sorcerer, loose stanza
      Þat’s vǫ́ lítil, · at vér síðim
      karla bǫrn · ok kerlinga,
      es Rǫgnvaldr síðr · réttilbeini
      hróðmǫgr Haralds · á Haðalandi.
      It's little harm that we should practice sorcery,
      the children of peasants and their wives,
      when Rainwald ‘straight-leg’ practices sorcery,
      Harold’s famous son, in Hadeland.
    • c. 960, Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Sigurðardrápa, stanza 3:
      [] seið Yggr til Rindar
      Ygg [= Óðinn] won Rind through magic.
Conjugation
[edit]
Derived terms
[edit]