seid

Examples

• All

• Men were doing seid also.

  Academic text (1998)

• Aquarium: An Ecosystem in Miniature, by Charlotte Seid (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia; Grade 9)

  Academic text (2003)

• -- Safi K, Seid MA, Dechmann DKN. 2005. Bigger is not always better—when brains get smaller.

  Academic text (2008)

• In Norse mythology, practitioners believed that seid could alter the course of fate.

• The ancient texts describe seid as a powerful form of magic used by shamans.

• During rituals, the Norse people would often invoke seid to communicate with spirits.

Synonyms

S

seidh

vsseid

• Archaic

9.9

An Old Norse magic ritual often performed by women who told the future

is broader, applying also during the later Viking Age

S

seithr

vsseid

• Archaic

9.9

A kind of magic in old Norse times used to see the future and make people enter a trance

is broader, highlighting shamanistic practice across the culture

S

seidhr

vsseid

• Archaic

9.9

A Norse type of magic that uses rituals and trance to see the future

is more general, focusing on cultural practice not only rituals

S

seith

vsseid

• Archaic

9.9

Magic used by ancient Norse people in rituals to tell the future

is the broader traditional form beyond particular ritual emphasis

S

seidr

vsseid

• Archaic

9.9

A kind of Old Norse magic used for telling the future and changing events

is about shamanistic cultural practice rather than claiming effects

Surface Forms

Etymology