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Noun [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|non|seiðr}} Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} seiðr (uncountable)
  1. (Germanic paganism) A form of magic originating in Viking society and revived by modern pagans, incorporating ritualistic, shamanistic, and divinatory elements. Tags: Germanic, uncountable Categories (topical): Germanic paganism, Magic Synonyms: seidr
    Sense id: en-seiðr-en-noun-YmSX9QN8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 58 1 3 3 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 1 3 1 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 1 2 1 30 Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion

Noun [Old Norse]

IPA: /ˈsɛiðr̩/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *soytós. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*saidaz||magic, charm}} Proto-Germanic *saidaz (“magic, charm”), {{inh|non|ine-pro|*soytós}} Proto-Indo-European *soytós Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} seiðr m, {{non-noun|m}} seiðr m Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-a|seið|gs=seiðar, seiðs, seiz|gsd=seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=seiðana|api=seiða|asd=seiðinn|asi=seið|dpd=seiðunum|dpi=seiðum|dsd=seiðinum|dsi=seiði|g=masculine|gpd=seiðanna|gpi=seiða|gsd=seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins|gsi=seiðar, seiðs, seiz|notes=|npd=seiðarnir|npi=seiðar|nsd=seiðrinn|nsi=seiðr|stem=strong a-stem|title=seiðr}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðrinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðar|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðarnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seið|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiða|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðana|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiði|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðar, seiðs, seiz|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiða|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|seiðanna|gpd}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], seiðr [indefinite, nominative, singular], seiðrinn [definite, nominative, singular], seiðar [indefinite, nominative, plural], seiðarnir [definite, nominative, plural], seið [accusative, indefinite, singular], seiðinn [accusative, definite, singular], seiða [accusative, indefinite, plural], seiðana [accusative, definite, plural], seiði [dative, indefinite, singular], seiðinum [dative, definite, singular], seiðum [dative, indefinite, plural], seiðunum [dative, definite, plural], seiðar [genitive, indefinite, singular], seiðs [genitive, indefinite, singular], seiz [genitive, indefinite, singular], seiðarins [definite, genitive, singular], seiðsins [definite, genitive, singular], seizins [definite, genitive, singular], seiða [genitive, indefinite, plural], seiðanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. shamanism Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-seiðr-non-noun-4ir0dzRK
  2. magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-seiðr-non-noun-ynb3v4dp
  3. witchcraft, sorcery Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-seiðr-non-noun-6TOS5-Pt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: síða (english: to bewitch), galdr
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: seizla, seiða, seiðberendr, seiðgaldr, seiðhjallr, seiðkona, seiðlæti, seiðmagnan, seiðmaðr, seiðskratti, seiðsla

Noun [Old Norse]

IPA: /ˈsɛiðr̩/ Forms: seiðs [genitive]
Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} seiðr m, {{non-noun|m|seiðs}} seiðr m (genitive seiðs)
  1. coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Fish, Gadiforms Derived forms: endiseiðr (english: Jǫrmungandr; the boundary-saithe) [literally]
    Sense id: en-seiðr-non-noun-EWjRnsWo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2004, Leo Ruickbie, Witchcraft Out of the Shadows: A Complete History, page 48:",
          "text": "One of the special methods of seiðr was to cover oneself with a cloak or similar garment like a blanket, or an animal skin, or even just a hood.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Nicholas E. Brink, Beowulf's Ecstatic Trance Magic: Accessing the Archaic Powers of the Universal Mind, page 212:",
          "text": "To find the magic of seiðr we must give up our belief in the value of physical strength and power and our need to control others.",
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          "ref": "2016, Stephen E. Flowers, Witchcraft Out of the Shadows: A Complete History, page 13:",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seiðgaldr"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seiðhjallr"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "seiðkona"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "seiðrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "seiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "seiði",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seiðum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seiðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðarins",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seizins",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "seiðanna",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðinum",
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðum",
        "2": "dpi"
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðunum",
        "2": "dpd"
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
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    {
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        "1": "seiðar, seiðs, seiz",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiða",
        "2": "gpi"
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "seiðanna",
        "2": "gpd"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to bewitch",
      "word": "síða"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "galdr"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "shamanism"
      ],
      "id": "en-seiðr-non-noun-4ir0dzRK",
      "links": [
        [
          "shamanism",
          "shamanism"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination"
      ],
      "id": "en-seiðr-non-noun-ynb3v4dp",
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          "magic",
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "witchcraft, sorcery"
      ],
      "id": "en-seiðr-non-noun-6TOS5-Pt",
      "links": [
        [
          "witchcraft",
          "witchcraft"
        ],
        [
          "sorcery",
          "sorcery"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛiðr̩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seiðr"
}

{
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          "expansion": "Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði"
    },
    {
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          "expansion": "Faroese: seiður",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: seiður"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "seid",
            "3": "sei"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crp-rsn",
            "2": "сайка"
          },
          "expansion": "Russenorsk: сайка (sajka)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russenorsk: сайка (sajka)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sej",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: sej",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: sej"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sej",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: sej",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: sej"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "sei"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: sei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: sei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "seiti",
            "3": "sei",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: seiti, sei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: seiti, sei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "saithe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: saithe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: saithe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "сайда",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: сайда (sajda)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: сайда (sajda)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seiðs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "seiðr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "seiðs"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Fish",
          "orig": "non:Fish",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Gadiforms",
          "orig": "non:Gadiforms",
          "parents": [
            "Fish",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "Jǫrmungandr; the boundary-saithe",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "word": "endiseiðr"
        }
      ],
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        "coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens)"
      ],
      "id": "en-seiðr-non-noun-EWjRnsWo",
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        [
          "coalfish",
          "coalfish"
        ],
        [
          "pollack",
          "pollack"
        ],
        [
          "saithe",
          "saithe"
        ],
        [
          "Pollachius virens",
          "Pollachius virens#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛiðr̩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seiðr"
}
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    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
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        "English terms spelled with Ð",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Leo Ruickbie, Witchcraft Out of the Shadows: A Complete History, page 48:",
          "text": "One of the special methods of seiðr was to cover oneself with a cloak or similar garment like a blanket, or an animal skin, or even just a hood.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Nicholas E. Brink, Beowulf's Ecstatic Trance Magic: Accessing the Archaic Powers of the Universal Mind, page 212:",
          "text": "To find the magic of seiðr we must give up our belief in the value of physical strength and power and our need to control others.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Stephen E. Flowers, Witchcraft Out of the Shadows: A Complete History, page 13:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A form of magic originating in Viking society and revived by modern pagans, incorporating ritualistic, shamanistic, and divinatory elements."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Germanic",
          "Germanic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ],
        [
          "Viking",
          "Viking"
        ],
        [
          "pagan",
          "pagan"
        ],
        [
          "ritualistic",
          "ritualistic"
        ],
        [
          "shamanistic",
          "shamanistic"
        ],
        [
          "divinatory",
          "divinatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism) A form of magic originating in Viking society and revived by modern pagans, incorporating ritualistic, shamanistic, and divinatory elements."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seidr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seiðr"
}

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    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "seizla"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiða"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðberendr"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðgaldr"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðhjallr"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðkona"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðlæti"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðmagnan"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðmaðr"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðskratti"
    },
    {
      "word": "seiðsla"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "seid",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: seid (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: seid (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sejd",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: sejd (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: sejd (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sejd",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: sejd (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: sejd (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "seid"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: seid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: seid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Samic: *siejtē",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Samic: *siejtē (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*saidaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "magic, charm"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*soytós"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *soytós",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðarins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seizins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
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      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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    {
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        "gsd": "seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "seiðana",
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        "asi": "seið",
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        "dpi": "seiðum",
        "dsd": "seiðinum",
        "dsi": "seiði",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "seiðanna",
        "gpi": "seiða",
        "gsd": "seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins",
        "gsi": "seiðar, seiðs, seiz",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "seiðarnir",
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      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðr",
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðrinn",
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðarnir",
        "2": "npd"
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seið",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiða",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiði",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðar, seiðs, seiz",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðarins, seiðsins, seizins",
        "2": "gsd"
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiða",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "seiðanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to bewitch",
      "word": "síða"
    },
    {
      "word": "galdr"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shamanism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shamanism",
          "shamanism"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "magic, especially that influences the mind, such as charm, delusion, and hallucination"
      ],
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        [
          "magic",
          "magic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "witchcraft, sorcery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witchcraft",
          "witchcraft"
        ],
        [
          "sorcery",
          "sorcery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛiðr̩/"
    }
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  "word": "seiðr"
}

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    "Old Norse masculine nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Jǫrmungandr; the boundary-saithe",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
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      "word": "endiseiðr"
    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "seiður",
            "3": "seiði",
            "der2": "1"
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          "expansion": "Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: seiður, ⇒ seiði"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "seiður"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: seiður"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "seid",
            "3": "sei"
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          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: seid, sei"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crp-rsn",
            "2": "сайка"
          },
          "expansion": "Russenorsk: сайка (sajka)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russenorsk: сайка (sajka)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sej",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: sej",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: sej"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sej",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: sej",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: sej"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "sei"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: sei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: sei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "seiti",
            "3": "sei",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: seiti, sei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: seiti, sei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "saithe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: saithe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: saithe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "сайда",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: сайда (sajda)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: сайда (sajda)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seiðs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "seiðr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "seiðs"
      },
      "expansion": "seiðr m (genitive seiðs)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Fish",
        "non:Gadiforms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coalfish, pollack, saithe (Pollachius virens)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coalfish",
          "coalfish"
        ],
        [
          "pollack",
          "pollack"
        ],
        [
          "saithe",
          "saithe"
        ],
        [
          "Pollachius virens",
          "Pollachius virens#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛiðr̩/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seiðr"
}

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