"sifjar" meaning in Old Norse

See sifjar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From the plural of Proto-Germanic *sibjō. Cognate with Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*sibjō}} Proto-Germanic *sibjō, {{cog|ang|sibb||relationship; peace}} Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=f-p|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} sifjar f pl, {{non-noun|f-p}} sifjar f pl
  1. a kinship; an affinity connection by marriage Tags: feminine, plural Categories (topical): Family Derived forms: sifjaspell (english: kinship defilement; incest), spilla sifjum (english: defile kinship; commit incest)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sibjō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sibjō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sibb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "relationship; peace"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of Proto-Germanic *sibjō. Cognate with Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f-p",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sifjar f pl",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "sifjar f pl",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "non:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "kinship defilement; incest",
          "word": "sifjaspell"
        },
        {
          "english": "defile kinship; commit incest",
          "word": "spilla sifjum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a kinship; an affinity connection by marriage"
      ],
      "id": "en-sifjar-non-noun-PljIgrGA",
      "links": [
        [
          "kinship",
          "kinship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sifjar"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "kinship defilement; incest",
      "word": "sifjaspell"
    },
    {
      "english": "defile kinship; commit incest",
      "word": "spilla sifjum"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sibjō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sibjō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sibb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "relationship; peace"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of Proto-Germanic *sibjō. Cognate with Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f-p",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sifjar f pl",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "sifjar f pl",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse feminine nouns",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse pluralia tantum",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "non:Family"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a kinship; an affinity connection by marriage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kinship",
          "kinship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sifjar"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sifjar meaning in Old Norse (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.