Sigifrit

Old High German

Etymology

From sigi (“victory”) +‎ frit (“peace”, feminine o-stem equivalent of frīdu. Cf. Old English frēod, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 (frijaþwa)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sigiz and *frīþō (“peace”) from *frijaz + *-iþō

Proper noun

Sigifrīt f

  1. (Bavarian) a female given name

Declension

Declension of Sigifrīt (feminine ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative Sigifrīt Sigifrītā
accusative Sigifrīta, Sigifrīte Sigifrītā
genitive Sigifrīta Sigifrītōno
dative Sigifrītu Sigifrītōn, Sigifrītōm

The nominative form was without the inflexional ending -a in early Old High German as is still evident in western proper nouns.[1]

References

  1. ^ Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 80,121
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