Lexicon:Modern/sfeir: Difference between revisions
Bible>Lexicon import Lexicon import |
m 1 revision imported |
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |
(No difference)
| |
Latest revision as of 19:01, 26 September 2026
| sfeir | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsfeɪɾ/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle sfīrē, from Proto sfir |
| Related words | broe-sfeir, sei-sfeir, wishi |
sfeir — a tradition of counsel on the conduct proper to one’s kind.
Notes
Not a book and not a doctrine. A sfeir is what everyone tells you, and it contradicts itself constantly. It is transmitted by fathers and masters, mothers and aunts, and by every older person in a tavern or a kitchen who has an opinion and an audience. Gendered by prefix in the ordinary way: broe-sfeir is the men’s tradition and sei-sfeir the women’s. Both are entirely mainstream and neither is thought remarkable. A person who quotes sfeir at someone who did not ask for it is offering wishi, which is a different matter.