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Definition of Sigyn

1. Noun. (Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison.

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Literary usage of Sigyn

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1. Asgard and the Gods: The Tales and Traditions of Our Northern Ancestors by Wilhelm Wägner (1884)
"Then his two sons, Wali and Narwi, were brought to him, followed by their weeping mother, Sigyn. Wali was changed into a fierce wolf, and he immediately ..."

2. The Runes, Whence Came They by George Stephens (1894)
"But in another English 7th century slab we see Sigyn with her Cup. This is on the famous Gosforth Cross, a slab, 14 feet high, which has escaped the perils ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"A serpent was suspended over him in such a manner that the venom fell into Loke 's face drop hy drop. lint Sigyn, Luke's wife, took pity on him. ..."

4. Asgard and the gods, tales and traditions of our Northern ancestors, adapted by Maria Wilhelmina Macdowall (1884)
"Then his two sons, Wali and Narwi, were brought to him, followed by their weeping mother, Sigyn. Wali was changed into a fierce wolf, and he immediately ..."

5. The Home of the Eddic Poems: With Especial Reference to the Helgi-lays by Sophus Bugge (1899)
"She saw a fettered man lie, like unto Loki in appearance ; there Sigyn sits ... 1 In Gylfaginning we are told that Loki's wife Sigyn sits beside him and ..."

6. The Home of the Eddic Poems: With Especial Reference to the Helgi-lays by Sophus Bugge (1899)
"She saw a fettered man lie, like unto Loki in appearance ; there Sigyn sits ... l In Gylfaginning we are told that Loki's wife Sigyn sits beside him and ..."

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