Sige-hréðig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sige-hréðig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

sige-hréðig
adj. Triumphant, (1) applied to men :--Dómeádig cempa . . . sigehréðig (Guthlac), Exon. Th. 146, 4 ; Gú. 704. Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 3198 ; B. 1597 : 5505 ; B. 2756. (2) applied to the Deity :--Se Ælmihtiga . . . gesette sigehréðig sunnan and mónan, 188 ; B. 94. sige-hreðig
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