spilla sifjum
(Redirected from sifjum spilla)
Old Norse[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (poetic) to "defile kinship"; to commit incest
- 10th century, Vǫluspá
- Brǿðr munu bęrjask · ok at bǫnum verðask,
munu systrungar · sifjum spilla;- Brothers shall fight and fell each other; sisters’ sons will defile the kinship;
- 10th century, Vǫluspá
Related terms[edit]
- sifjaspell (“kinship-defilement; incest”)