Siegrune

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested as a translation of Old Norse sigrún (victory rune).

It was popularized as the name of the ᛋ-rune by Guido von List in his book Das Geheimnis der Runen.

Noun

Siegrune f (genitive Siegrune, plural Siegrunen)

  1. victory rune
    • 1876, “Sigrdrîfumâl”, in Karl Joseph Simrock, transl., Die Edda‎, page 184:
      Siegrunen schneide, wenn du Sieg willst haben; / Grabe sie auf des Schwertes Griff; / Auf die Seiten Einige, Andere auf das Stichblatt / Und nenne zweimal Tyr.
      Cut victory runes, if you want to have victory; / and carve them on the sword's hilt; / some on the sides, others on the guard / and name Tyr twice
  2. the ᛋ (Sowilō) rune

Declension

Declension of Siegrune
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Siegrune die Siegrunen
genitive einer der Siegrune der Siegrunen
dative einer der Siegrune den Siegrunen
accusative eine die Siegrune die Siegrunen

References

  1. ^ Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: Runen gestern, heute, morgen
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