syzkini

syzkini

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• syzkin, syskæn (Jutlandic)

Etymology

From Old Norse systkini, systkin.

Noun

syzkini pl (plural only)

1. (Scanian) siblings
   • c. 1210, "Æræ þe syzkini", Scanian Law, chapter 27.

     Æræ þe syzkini ok æi samfæþre ok æi sammøþre ok […]

     If they are siblings and do not have the same mother or father and […]

Descendants

• Danish: søskende (plurale tantum)