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Sif

UK/sɪf/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

(Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home

Origin

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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