Sigurd

[ sig-erd; German zee-goo rt ]

/ ˈsɪg ərd; German ˈzi gʊərt /

noun (in the Volsunga Saga)

the son of Sigmund and Hjordis and the husband of Gudrun. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of Andvari, wins Brynhild for Gunnar, and is finally killed at the behest of Brynhild, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied.

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Examples from the Web for sigurd

Like Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur is in alliterative verse, a mode last fashionable in the 14th century.
Tolkien’s Unfinished Epic: ‘The Fall of Arthur’|John Garth|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, Sigurd's story probably emerges from a deeper distance than the story of mankind.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road|Katharine Lee Bates
Then Sigurd, grasping the hand of his brave deliverer, pulled the hood low over his face, and stepped to the door and knocked.
Boycotted|Talbot Baines Reed
Then said Sigurd, "The time is unborn wherein Regin shall be my bane; nay, rather one road shall both these brothers fare."
The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga)|Anonymous

So Sigurd understands the language of birds, after eating the blood of Fafnir the Worm.
Europa's Fairy Book|Joseph Jacobs
Sigurd would alone over all have ruled, had he a little longer life retained.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson

British Dictionary definitions for sigurd

Sigurd

/ (ˈsɪɡʊəd, German ˈziːɡʊrt) /

noun

Norse myth a hero who killed the dragon Fafnir to gain the treasure of Andvari, won Brynhild for Gunnar by deception, and then was killed by her when she discovered the fraud. His wife was GudrunGerman counterpart: Siegfried

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