Sig
Old Norse Dictionary - sig
Meaning of Old Norse word "sig"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sig
- n. [sigr], a victory, Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët., passim, but never in prose: in poët. compds as. sig-björk, a weapon; sig-freyr, a warrior; sig-máni, a shield; Sig-föðr, of Odin, Lex. poët.: cp. the pr. names, Sigi, Sigarr, Sig-fastr, Sig-björn, Sig-fúss, Sig-hvatr, Sig-mundr, Sig-valdi, Sig-tryggr, Sig-urðr; of women, Sig-ný, Sig-ríðr, Sig-vör, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.