Siegrune

German

Alternative forms

  • Sigrune

Etymology

First attested as a translation of Old Norse sigrún (victory rune).

It was popularized as the name of the -rune by Guido von List in his book Das Geheimnis der Runen.[1]

Noun

Siegrune f (genitive Siegrune, plural Siegrunen)

  1. victory rune
    • 1876, “Sigrdrîfumâl”, in Karl Joseph Simrock, transl., Die Edda, page 184:
      Siegrunen schneide, wenn du Sieg willst haben; / Grabe sie auf des Schwertes Griff; / Auf die Seiten Einige, Andere auf das Stichblatt / Und nenne zweimal Tyr.
      Cut victory runes, if you want to have victory; / and carve them on the sword's hilt; / some on the sides, others on the guard / and name Tyr twice
  2. the (Sowilō) rune

Declension

References

  1. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: Runen gestern, heute, morgen
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