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sige-hréðig

  • adjective
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sige-hréðig, adj.
Triumphant,
applied to men
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  • Dómeádig cempa . . . sigehréðig (

    Guthlac

    ),
      Exon. Th. 146, 4 ; Gú. 704.
  • Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden

    they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar,

      Beo. Th. 3198 ; B. 1597 : 5505 ; B. 2756.
applied to the Deity
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  • Se Ælmihtiga . . . gesette sigehréðig sunnan and mónan, 188 ; B. 94.
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