Old English · noun
sige
Normalised siġe
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsi.je/
- Syllables
- ˈsi · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- victory
Meaning
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victory
An. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen.
Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright took the victory, and many were slain.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sigi, from Proto-Germanic *segaz (“victory”).
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