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.