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sigor

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sigor, es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§419;
Victory, triumph
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  • Mé oferswíðde se wyrresta sigor,

    • Shrn. 37, 24
      • .

  • Sigor eft áhwearf of norþmonna níðgeteóne, æsctír wera,

    • Cd. Th. 124, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 2067
      • .

  • Sigores

    palmam,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 32
      • .

  • Mid sigores wuldre tó heofonum ástígan.

    • Wulfst. 199, 13
      • .

  • Swegles ealdor hyre (Judith) sigores onleáh,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 16
      • ;
    • Jud. 124
      • .

  • Sigere

    tropheo,

    • Hpt. Gl. 508, 64
      • .

  • Elne gewurðod, dóme and sigore,

    • Cd. Th. 129, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2138
      • .

  • Hlísfulne sigor,

    famosum tropheum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 29
      • .

  • Ic sceal his róde sigor (the triumph of Christ's cross) swíðor wíscan ðonne ondrǽdan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 594, 20
      • .

  • Sigor æt sæcce,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2363
      • ;
    • B. 1183
      • .

  • Folc ðe hé on deóflum genom þurh his sylfes sygor,

    • Exon. Th. 36, 24
      • ;
    • Cri. 581
      • .

  • Sigera

    triumphorum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 425, 33
      • .

  • Ðyssum sigorum ðú Godes biscop blissian miht

    hisque Dei consul factus laetare triumphis,

    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 500, 31
      • .

  • Mid ðǽm siogorum geweorðad

    triumphans,

    • Nar. 28, 4
      • .
The word occurs often in reference to the Deity (cf. in Icel. Sig-föður one of Odin's names, sig-tívar the gods of victory, sigr-goð a god of victory)
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  • Swegles aldor se ðe sigor seleþ,

    • Cd. Th. 170, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2808
      • .

  • Ðæt hé sigora gehwæs ána weólde

    (cf. Hans (Odin's ) menn trúðu því, at hann ætti heimilan sigr í hverri orrostu, Ynglinga Saga, c. 2),
    • Exon. Th. 276, 5
      • ;
    • Jul. 561
      • .

  • Sigores ágend, ealdor, freá, fruma, God, weard,

    • Cd. Th. 307, 11
      • ;
    • Sat. 678
      • :
    • Hy. 3, 20
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 25, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 404
      • :
    • 19, 2
      • ;
    • Cri. 294
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1519
      • ;
    • An. 761
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 15, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 243
      • .

  • Sigora dryhten, freá, God, sellend, settend, sóðcyning, waldend, weard,

    • Cd. Th. 63, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 1036
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 242, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 675
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2613
      • ;
    • El. 1308
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 359, 17
      • ;
    • Pa. 64
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 237, 5
      • ;
    • Dan. 333
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 75, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 1229
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 8, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 126
      • :
    • 106, 13
      • ;
    • 1770
      • .

  • Bidde ic sigere (-a ?, -es ?) Godes miltse,

    • Lchdm. i. 390, 10
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. sigr.
]
Similar entries
v. hréð-, wíg-sigor; sige, and following words.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sigor.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27727.

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