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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)
- victory
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sigr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive