sejd

Danish

/sajd/

noun

Definitions

(Norse mythology) a particular kind of sorcery, witchcraft
(Norse mythology) magic potion

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr (witchcraft, spell, enchantment, sorcery).

Origin

Old Norse

seiðr

Gloss

witchcraft, spell, enchantment, sorcery

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

sei Norwegian Bokmål
*saidaz Proto-Germanic
sei Norwegian Nynorsk
seiðberandi Old Norse
seiðkona Old Norse
seiðmaðr Old Norse
seiðr Old Norse
seiður Icelandic
seiður Faroese