Sif en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /sɪf/
- approximating the Old Norse pronunciation
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”).
Meanings
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(Norse) A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.
For some contemporary Heathens, Lammas is sacred to Sif and Thunor (see Our Troth online Chapter LIII). In Snorri's Skaldskaparmal (see Faulkes 1998 [1987]: 96), Loki cropped Sif’s (presumably blonde or flaxen) hair, seemingly out of spite, a cropping which compares to the harvesting of corn.[…]Sif’s golden hair is a contemporary kenning for the cornfield as it is caressed by the breeze and makes gentle waves.
2005, Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic, page 309: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.
1889, Viktor Rydberg, Teutonic Mythology, page 60:
Translations (6)
fo Siv (wife of Thor) · mr सिफ (wife of Thor) · is Sif (wife of Thor) · sv Siv (wife of Thor) · da Sif (wife of Thor) · no Siv (wife of Thor)