Sigtrygg (''Sigtryggr'') is an
Old Norse given name
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel".
However, there are also ...
, composed of the elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''trygg'' "trusty, true". It is cognate with the Anglo-Saxon
Sihtric.
In Norse-Gaelic Ireland (9th to 11th centuries) rendered as ''Sitric'' or ''Sihtric'' (the patronymic ''Sigtryggsson'' as ''mac Sitriuc'').
The name is only rarely given in modern Scandinavian countries; it is mostly encountered in Iceland, in the form ''Sigtryggur'', with 99 entries for the name in the Icelandic white pages as of 2013.
People called Sigtrygg
The names may refer to any of the following people:
*Sigtryggr, Sure of victory (Victory-true), one of the 99 names of Óðinn Alföðr
Óðins nöfn
Óðins nöfn is an anonymous skaldic poem, one of the þulur found in a section called '' Viðbótarþulur'' in ''Skáldskaparmál'' in Snorri Sturluson's ''Prose Edda''.
It lists the names of Odin
Odin (; from non, Óðinn, ) is a widel ...
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Kings of Dublin:
**Sigtrygg Ivarsson, 888–893
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Sigtrygg Caech (Sigtrygg Gael), 917–921, king of
York 921–927
**Sigtrygg, 941–943
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Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson, 989–1036
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Sigtrygg Gnupasson, a 10th-century Danish king of the House of Olaf
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Sigtrygg of Nerike, a Swede who met Saint Olaf
*Sitric the Dane, an 11th-century
ruler of Waterford
*Sitric mac Ualgairg,
king of Breifne 1256/7
See also
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Mac Sitric
''Mac Sitric'' is a masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English language, English as "son of ''Sitreac''". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. ...
, Irish masculine surname
*Sitric Roads,
Stoneybatter
Stoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh (), is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman. It is in the D7 postal district. Th ...
, County Dublin
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Irish people
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Norse people
References
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*Lena Peterson, ''Nordiskt runnamnslexikon'' (2002)
External links
nordicnames.de
Scandinavian masculine given names