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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 )

    :-- 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.
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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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