sigr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *segaz. Compare Old English siġe, sigor, Old Saxon sigi, Old High German sigu, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis).

Noun

sigr m (genitive sigrs or sigrar, plural sigrar or sigrir)

victory

Derived terms

sigrún (“victory rune”)

Descendants

Danish sejr
Faroese: sigur
Icelandic: sigur

Norwegian: seier
Norwegian Nynorsk: siger
Swedish: seger

References

sigr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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