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)

1. 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