Sig
Old Norse Dictionary - sig
Meaning of Old Norse word "sig"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sig can mean:sig
- sig
- n. [síga], a rope which is let down; fóru þá sigin ofan í gröfina, en Þoroddr upp, Ó. H. 152, Þjal. S: also of the rope by which a fowler is let down precipices, as described in Bs. ii. 111.
- sig
- 2. in Icel. ropes with weights, put over hayricks, boats, or the like, to keep them safe (láta sig á hey); whence siga-keppr, m. a log fastened as a weight to a rope’s end: metaph. of a log-like, slow fellow; þú ert einsog sigakeppr!
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:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Þjal.
- Þjalar-Jóns Saga. (G. III.)