Sigg
Old Norse Dictionary - sigg
Meaning of Old Norse word "sigg"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sigg
- n. [akin to seigr, sigi?], = Lat. callus; hans hörund er svá hart sem sigg villi-galtar, Þiðr. 180, 297; þat var hart sem sigg ok ekki blóð í, Fbr. 77 new Ed., freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)