Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sif

/sɪf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: sif
IPA: /sɪf/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.

adj

Foul, disgusting.

Slang

noun

Initialism of solar induced fluorescence

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *sibjō

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more sif (comparative) most sif (superlative) SIFs (plural)

Synonyms

solar-induced fluorescence solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence solar-induced vegetation fluorescence

Rhymes With

if as if cliff stiff gif working stiff sniff riff whiff diff tiff biff

Questions

How do you pronounce sif?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪf/.
What does sif mean?: A golden-haired goddess associated with earth, mother of Ullr and wife of Thor.
Where does sif come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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