Definition of Sigemund. Meaning of Sigemund. Synonyms of Sigemund

- Germanic mythology, Sigmund (Old Norse: Sigmundr [ˈsiɣˌmundz̠], Old English: Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister...
- (Scyld Scēfing) warrior king who founded the ruling house in Denmark. Sigemund – a legendary Germanic hero whom Beowulf is compared to. Swerting – the...
- and his family are referred to in Beowulf when a thegn is singing of how Sigemund slew a worm: The story of Völsung and his children, from the marriage of...
- the Völsung tradition is the Sigemund episode in Beowulf, in which a thegn recalls the Wælsing (Old Norse: Völsung) Sigemund killing, with a sword, an unnamed...
- become Simontside. The name may be a corruption of Sigemund's seat or Sigemund's settlement. Sigemund or Sigmund is the name of an old Germanic hero from...
- explores Klaeber's dual use of the term "aglæca/æglæca" for the heroes Sigemund and Beowulf as well as for Grendel and Grendel's mother. She argues that...
- Symundesyate and Symondesyate. This may contain the Old English personal name Sigemund or a very early surname deriving from it. Yat represents the Old English...
- contest with Unferth and his swimming duel with Breca, and the tale of Sigemund and the dragon; history and legend, including the fight at Finnsburg and...
- The parallel in the story lies with the similarity to Beowulf's hero Sigemund and his companion: Wiglaf is a younger companion to Beowulf and, in his...
- death at the hands of the sons of Hunding. The Old English tradition of Sigemund (Sigmund) complicates things even more: in Beowulf Sigmund is said to have...