Seiðr

Old Norse Dictionary - seiðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "seiðr" in English.

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

seiðr
m. [Norse sei], the gadus virens, a kind of fish, l., Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.; hence the mod. seiði, a fry; vara-seiði, the fry or young of fish.

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

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Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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