Definition of Sigurd

1. Noun. (Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart.

Category relationships: Norse Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

Definition of Sigurd

1. Proper noun. (Norse mythology) The hero of the Volsungasaga who slayed a dragon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sigurd

Sierra redwood
Sieur de LaSalle
Sievert
Sif
Sigaultian
Siggaard-Andersen nomogram
Sigmodon
Sigmodon hispidus
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Romberg
Signe
Signorelli's sign
Sigourney
Sigrid
Sigrid Undset
Sigurd (current term)
Sigyn
Siha
Siirt
Sikar
Sikh
Sikhism
Sikhs
Sikkim
Sikorsky
Silas
Silastic
Sile
Silene acaulis
Silene caroliniana

Literary usage of Sigurd

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1874)
"To Sigurd the Bishop King Olaf confessed it. And Sigurd the Bishop said, ... Thus went on speaking Sigurd the Bishop. "A warlock, a wizard is he, ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"THE LAY CALLED THE SHORT LAY OF Sigurd Sigurd of yore, Sought the dwelling of ... Southlander Sigurd A naked sword, Bright, well grinded, Laid betwixt them; ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"Sigurd is pleased by Gerda's success, and assures her family that she has ... In this instance it allows Sigurd to be exceedingly intolerable towards Gerda. ..."

4. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"King Sigurd and his army of crusaders were, therefore, received with the greatest joy and hospitality. "There was a splendid reception, and every day Duke ..."

5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1889)
"Perhaps Browning would have been even more fortunate. The reviewers of Sigurd ... or Sigurd the worthless, the natural son * Sigurd ..."

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