sicor
Old English
Alternative forms
- sicer
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sikuraz (“secure, sure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“carefree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsikor/
Adjective
sicor
- secure, free from guilt or punishment, safe, free from danger or harm.
- sure, certain, free from doubt.
Synonyms
- (secure): orsorg
Derived terms
- sicorlīċe
- sicornes
Descendants
- Middle English: siker
- Scots: siker, seker
- English: sicker
References
- sicor in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary