Old English · noun
sigebearn
Normalised siġebearn
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsi.jeˌbæ͜ɑrn/[ˈsi.jeˌbæ͜ɑrˠn]
- Syllables
- ˈsi · je · ˌbæ͜ɑrn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- jesusvictory-child'jesus christchrist
Meaning
-
Jesus Christ; literally 'victory-child'
Sōhton sāriġu tū siġebearn godes ǣnne in þæt eorðærn þǣr hī ǣr wiston þæt hine ġehȳddan hæleð Iudea; wēndan þæt hē on þām beorge bīdan sċeolde, āna in þǣre ēasterniht.
Two sorrowful women sought the God’s only victory-child in that earthen-home where, as they knew before, heroes of Judea hid him; thought that he should have lingered in that mound, alone in the Easter-eve.
10th century, The Descent into Hell:
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | siġebearn |
| Accusative | siġebearn |
| Genitive | siġebearnes |
| Dative | siġebearne |
All forms (3)
Etymology
From siġe (“victory”) + bearn (“child”)
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