sifjar

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sifjar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sifjar f pl (plurale tantum)

  1. family relations

Declension[edit]

declension of sifjar
f-s1 plural
indefinite definite
nominative sifjar sifjarnar
accusative sifjar sifjarnar
dative sifjum sifjunum
genitive sifja sifjanna

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the plural of Proto-Germanic *sibjō. Cognate with Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”).

Noun[edit]

sifjar f pl

  1. a kinship; an affinity connection by marriage

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “sifjar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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