sigrún
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sigr (“victory”) + rún (“rune”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sigrún f (genitive sigrúnar, plural sigrúnar or sigrúnir)
- victory rune; a rune thought to have been imbued with a magical power to grant victory
- Sigrdrífumál stanza 6:
- Sigrúnar þú skalt kunna,
ef þú vilt sigr hafa,
ok rísta á hialti hiǫrs,
sumar á véttrimum,
sumar á valbǫstum,
ok nefna tysvar Tý.- Victory runes you must know
if you will have victory,
and carve them on the sword's hilt,
some on the grasp
and some on the inlay,
and name Tyr twice.
- Victory runes you must know
- Sigrdrífumál stanza 6:
Declension
[edit] Declension of sigrún (strong ō-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sigrún | sigrúnin | sigrúnar, sigrúnir | sigrúnarnar, sigrúnirnar |
accusative | sigrún | sigrúnina | sigrúnar, sigrúnir | sigrúnarnar, sigrúnirnar |
dative | sigrún | sigrúninni | sigrúnum | sigrúnunum |
genitive | sigrúnar | sigrúnarinnar | sigrúna | sigrúnanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- Sigrún (female given name)
Descendants
[edit]- → German: Siegrune (calque)