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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.
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
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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