seidr

Not to be confused with seiðr.

Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr.

seidr (uncountable)

1. (Germanic paganism) Alternative form of seiðr.
   • 1988, Freya Aswinn, Runes & Feminine Powers: Northern Mysteries & Magick‎^[1], page 207:

     In the later sagas, the kind of seidr practiced has more in common with spiritualistic trance mediumship.

   • 1995, D. J. Conway, Moon Magick: Myth & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells‎^[2], page 26:

     Women were not the exclusive workers of Freyja’s seidr.

   • 2008, Katie Gerrard, “The Seer: A Journey Through the High Seat”, in Sorita D'Este, editors, Priestesses Pythonesses Sibyls: The Sacred Voices of Women Who Speak with and for the Gods‎^[3], page 91:

     Descriptions of seidr within modern paganism are unsurprisingly equally as difficult to pin down and define.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:seidr.

• seider, seidir

From Middle Welsh seidr, from Middle English sider, from Old French sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār, “liquor”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯dɪr/
• Rhymes: -ei̯dr

seidr m (plural seidrau, not mutable)

1. cider (alcoholic beverage)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “seidr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies