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”)
• Sigurðr
• Sigrdrífa

Descendants

• Icelandic: sigur
• Faroese: sigur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: siger
• Old Swedish: sigher
  • Swedish: seger
• Old Danish: sighær
  • Danish: sejr
    • Norwegian Bokmål: seier

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sigr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive