- -sifja
- að, in the compd af-sifja, q. v.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
gossip — (n.) O.E. godsibb sponsor, godparent, from GOD (Cf. God) + sibb relative (see SIBLING (Cf. sibling)). Extended in M.E. to any familiar acquaintance (mid 14c.), especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth, later to anyone engaging in… … Etymology dictionary