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