siðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *siduz, from Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ- (“custom, habit”). 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.

Noun

siðr m

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

Declension

    declension of siðr

	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	siðr	siðrinn	siðir	siðirnir
Accusative	sið	siðin	siðu	siðuna
Dative	siði	siðinum	siðum	siðunum
Genitive	siðar	siðarins	siða	siðanna

Descendants

• Danish: sæd
• Faroese: siður
• Icelandic: siður
• Swedish: sed

References

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