sige

Etymology

From es +‎ sigue, from es +‎ seguir, from Vulgar Latin *sequire, remodelled from Latin sequī, present active infinitive of sequor.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ge

Adverb

sige

1. always
2. OK

Interjection

sige

1. OK

Alternative forms

• sæge (rare), sæje (rare), seje (rare)

Etymology

From Old Danish sighæ, sæghiæ, from Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Verb

sige (imperative sig, infinitive at sige, present tense siger, past tense sagde, perfect tense har sagt)

1. to say
2. to tell
3. to mean

Alternative forms

• siȝe, sye

Etymology

From Old English sige (“victory, success, triumph”), from Proto-Germanic *segaz (“victory”), from Proto-Indo-European *seghe-, *sghē- (“to hold”), *segʰ-.

Noun

sige (plural sigen)

1. victory, triumph, success, success

   He sige hælde. — Aelfric's Treatise on the Old Testament, 1175

Verb

sige (imperative sig, present tense sig, simple past seig, past participle sige, present participle sigande)

1. Alternative form of siga

Alternative forms

• sigor

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *segaz (“victory”), from Proto-Indo-European *segʰ-. Akin to Old Frisian sige (“victory”), Old Saxon sigi (Middle Low German sege), Dutch zege, Old High German sigi, sigu (German Sieg), Old Norse sigr (Danish sejr, old spelling before the writing reform of 1948 Seier, Swedish seger), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis), Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas) - power, victory, Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬵‎ (hazanh, “power, victory”)^[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsije/

Noun

siġe m (nominative plural siġas)

1. victory, success

References

Interjection

sige

1. OK
2. continue