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)

1. 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.