Sif
adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of solar induced fluorescence abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 ;
- 1 Foul, disgusting. South-Africa, slang
- 1 A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor. Norse
"As already stated, Thor was, according to the Edda, married to Sibil, that is to say, the Sibylla, and the Edda adds that this Sibil is called Sif in the North. In the Teutonic mythology Thor's wife is the goddess Sif."
Example
More examples"As already stated, Thor was, according to the Edda, married to Sibil, that is to say, the Sibylla, and the Edda adds that this Sibil is called Sif in the North. In the Teutonic mythology Thor's wife is the goddess Sif."
Etymology
From Old Norse, from sif (“kindred, kinswoman”), from Proto-Germanic *sibjō; see also Old English sibb (“kinship”) (whence Middle English sib (“having kinship; kinsmen”), whence English sib, sibling), German Sippe (“tribe”).
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