Sigurd

American  

[sig-erd, zee-goort] / ˈsɪg ərd, ˈzi gʊərt /

noun

1. 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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Sigurd British  

/ ˈziːɡʊrt, ˈsɪɡʊəd /

noun

1. German counterpart: Siegfried.  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 Gudrun

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Example Sentences

Sigurd Lorange had 19 points and six rebounds for the Valkyries.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Mondale and environmentalists like Sigurd Olson “fought battles ferociously to give protections to the wild places we now take for granted,” Blacklock said.

From Washington Times • May 3, 2021

"This is yet another sad day for the Arctic," said Sigurd Enge, manager of Shipping, Marine and Arctic Issues, Bellona.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2020

Browsing these pages, one senses what the naturalist Sigurd F. Olson called the “magic in the feel of a paddle.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2016

Sigurd looked up with a face like a thunderstorm, and he crossed to the hayloft ladder.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack