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SIGYN

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Overview

SIGYN (noun)
  The noun SIGYN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SIGYN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIGYN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sigyn" is a kind of...):

Norse deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen)

Domain category:

Norse mythology (the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity)


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