seiður

Icelandic

/ˈseiːðʏr/

noun

Definitions

magic, witchcraft, sorcery

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse seiðr (witchcraft, spell, enchantment, sorcery) inherited from Proto-Germanic *saidaz (charm, magic) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *soytós.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*soytós

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*soytós Proto-Indo-European
sei Norwegian Bokmål
*saidaz Proto-Germanic
sei Norwegian Nynorsk
seiðberandi Old Norse
seiðkona Old Norse
seiðmaðr Old Norse
seiðr Old Norse
sejd Danish
seiður Faroese