Sigurd
See also: Sigurð
English
Etymology
Old Norse Sigurðr, from sigr (“victory”) + varðr, vǫrðr (“guard”). This is the name of the legendary Eddaic character corresponding to Siegfried, the hero of the Nibelungenlied, but the names are not exact cognates. Sigfrid is a saint's name in Scandinavia.
Proper noun
Sigurd
- (Norse mythology) The principal hero of the Volsungasaga and of the Elder Edda's Niflung cycle, who slew a dragon.
Translations
the hero of the Volsungasaga
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Sigurd
- (Norse mythology) Sigurd.
- a male given name of Old Norse origin.
Faroese
Proper noun
Sigurd m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Sigurd: Sigurdarson or Sigurdsson
- daughter of Sigurd: Sigurdardóttir or Sigurdsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Sigurd |
Accusative | Sigurd |
Dative | Sigurdi |
Genitive | Sigurdar, Sigurds |
Norwegian
Etymology
Proper noun
Sigurd
- (Norse mythology) Sigurd.
- a male given name origin.
Usage notes
- One of the most common given names in Norway in the Middle Ages.
Related terms
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 6 725 males with the given name Sigurd living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1890s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Swedish
Proper noun
Sigurd c (genitive Sigurds)
- (Norse mythology) Sigurd.
- a male given name of Old Norse origin.
Related terms
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Norse mythology
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- Danish male given names
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian lemmas
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- no:Norse mythology
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- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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