Sigtrygg (''Sigtryggr'') is an
Old Norse given name, 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]
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Kings of Dublin
Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century, establishing the Norsemen, Norse Kingdom of Dublin, the earliest and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in Ireland. Its territory corresponded to most of present-day County Dublin. The N ...
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**Sigtrygg Ivarsson, 888–893
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Sigtrygg Caech
Sigtrygg (''Sigtryggr'') is an Old Norse given name, 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 '' ...
(Sigtrygg Gael), 917–921, king of
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
921–927
**Sigtrygg, 941–943
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Sigtrygg Silkbeard
Sigtrygg II Silkbeard Olafsson (also Sihtric, SitricÓ Corráin, p. 123 and Sitrick in Irish texts; or SigtrygWinn, p. 46 and SigtryggrMac Manus, p. 278 in Scandinavian texts) was a Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin (possibly AD 989–994; restored ...
Olafsson, 989–1036
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Sigtrygg Gnupasson
Sigtrygg Gnupasson was semi-legendary a king of Denmark of the House of Olaf who ruled in the 10th century, according to Adam of Bremen.
Sigtrygg was son of Gnupa and the Danish noblewoman Asfrid. According to Adam, he became a Danish king duri ...
, a 10th-century Danish king of the House of Olaf
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Sigtrygg of Nerike
Sigtrygg was a powerful man in Nerike who received Saint Olaf. He is said to have been the ancestor of a Swedish noble family named Natt och Dag
Natt och Dag (, literally "night and day") is a Swedish noble family and the oldest surviving family ...
, 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
*
Mac Sitric, Irish masculine surname
*Sitric Roads,
Stoneybatter, County Dublin
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Irish people
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been c ...
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Norse people
The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic peoples, North Germanic ethnolinguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language. The language belongs to the North Germanic languages, North Germanic br ...
References
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*Lena Peterson, ''Nordiskt runnamnslexikon'' (2002)
External links
nordicnames.de
Scandinavian masculine given names