Systir

Old Norse Dictionary - systir

Meaning of Old Norse word "systir" in English.

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

systir Old Norse word can mean:

systir: f., gen. acc. and dat. systur, pl. nom. and acc. systr, gen. systra, dat. systrum; [Goth. swistar; A. S. swuster; Engl. sister; O. H. G. swestar; Germ. schwester; Dan. söster; Swed. syster; Lat. soror]:—a sister, Nj. 30, Grág. i. 288, passim; S. samfeðra, sammæðra, 170; al-systir, hálf-systir, a half-sister; móður-systir (Dan. moster), a mothers-sister, aunt; föður-S. (Dan. faster), a father’s-sister, aunt; afa-S., ömmu-S., a great aunt.

systir: II. metaph. in addressing; eigi má ek hljóð vera, sæl systirin, segir griðkona, Grett. 170 new Ed.; allra-S., all men’s sister, a nickname, Landn.; leik-S., stall-S., a play-sister; fóstur-S., a foster-sister: eccl., Guð vakti þik, systir, BS. i. 438; bræðr ok systr, Hom. 32.

systir: 2. a sister of charity, nun, Ann. 1343; systra-klaustr, a nunnery, H. E. i. 470; systra lifnaðr, lag, id., 470, 476.

systir: COMPDS: systurbarn, systrabörn, systurdóttir, systradætr, systursonr, systrasynir.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

nom.: nominative.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

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