Etymology

saithe

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Today it means: The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens). Full definition →

Old Norse seiðr
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromseiðr
  2. English todaysaithe

From Old Norse seiðr; compare Norwegian sei and Swedish and Danish sej.

Words from the same roots

Old Norseseiðr all →

seiðr

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.