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Siggeir

[ sig-gair ]

/ ˈsɪg gɛər /

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noun

See under Signy.

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Words nearby Siggeir

sifter, siftings, SIG, siganid, Sigatoka, Siggeir, siggo, sigh, sighful, sight, sight bill

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How to use Siggeir in a sentence

In that hall, when Volsung's daughter was to be given away to Siggeir, king of Gothland, in came an old guest with one eye.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
We on our canvas wrought how Sigar and Siggeir both contended southward in Fyen.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
Siggeir invites the kin of his wife to visit him, and then slays Volsung and all his sons, save Sigmund.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
No hint is ever made of any possibility of reconciliation between Siggeir and the kin of the men he has slain.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

These things do not suggest that we ought to read a King Siggeir treachery into the story of Finn.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers