Ægisif

Old Norse Dictionary - ægisif

Meaning of Old Norse word "ægisif" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ægisif: f. a Norse popular name for the Αγία Σοφία in Constantinople, Rb., Symb., being an imitation of the word as spoken by the Greeks of the 11th century; the Norsemen on hearing the word from the mouth of the Greeks seem to have thought of their own heathen goddess Sif.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚴᛁᛋᛁᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Symb.: Symbolae. (H. IV.)

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