Siggeir

[ sig-gair ]

/ ˈsɪg gɛər /

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See under Signy.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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