siðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siduz. Cognate to Old English sidu (“a custom; a manner; a rite; purity”), Old High German situ (“a custom, a habit”) (whence the German Sitte), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus), Greek ήθος, from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dh-.

Noun

siðr m.

1. a custom, a habit
2. a conduct, morality, religion

Descendants

• Danish: sæd
• Faroese: siður
• Icelandic: siður

References

• “siðr” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic