siȝe

See also: sige and SiGe

Middle English

Alternative forms

syȝe, sige, sy

Etymology

From Old English siġe (“victory, success, triumph”), from Proto-Germanic *segaz (oblique stem *sigi-), from Proto-Indo-European *segʰ- (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː(ə)/

Noun

siȝe (Early Middle English)

victory, triumph, success
He sige hælde. — Aelfric's Treatise on the Old Testament, 1175

Related terms

siȝecraft (“powerful skill, sorcery”)
siȝefæst (“victorious, triumphant”)

References

“siȝe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.

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