Sigegar
Sigegar is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of sige (victory) and gar (spear), cognate with German Sicgaer, Norse Siggeirr, and Icelandic Sigurgeir.
Variants:
Sigar [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 214].
Sigarus [Joseph Stevenson 1841 Liber Vitæ Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis, page 55].
Sigegar [John Kemble 1845 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 3: 69].
Siggar [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 170].
Sigegār [Henry Sweet 1886 The Oldest English Texts, page 512].
Sigegár [William Duignan 1888 The Charter of Wulfrún to the monastery at Hamtun (Wolverhampton), page 6].
Siġegár [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 90].
Note:
Sigarus is a Latinized form.
Prototheme:
sige = victory [Edward Freeman 1869 Old English History for Children, 1st edition, page xiv].
Deuterotheme:
gar = spear [Edward Freeman 1869 Old English History for Children, 1st edition, page xv].
Usage:
Sigegar was the name of a Bishop of Wells [William Searle 1899 Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, pages 92 & 241]. He witnessed a charter issued by King Æthelræd II (Unræd) in 979: “✠ Ego Sigar episcopus” [John Kemble 1845 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 3: 171 (number 621)].
