Some have considered the story to be chiefly Burgundian; and Sigmund, conquering protection, the name of Sigurdr’s father, was that of the first Catholic king of Burgundy, who was canonized both for the recovery of his kingdom from Arianism, and for the severity of his penance, after having killed his son, Sigeric, on a false stepdame’s calumny. His relics were carried to Prague in the fourteenth century, and the effect of the translation appeared at once in the name of the Bohemian-born Emperor Sigismund, from whom this became European, and formed the feminine Sigismunda. Gismonda is thus an old Lombardic feminine.
| English. | French. | Italian. | German. |
| Sigismund | Sigismond | Sigismondo | Sigmund |
| Sæmund | Portuguese. | Sismondo | Sigismund |
| Sigismundo | |||
| Norwegian. | Polish. | Illyrian. | Hungarian. |
| Sigmund | Zygmunt | Sisman | Zsigmond |
| Sæmund | Bohemian | Zsiga | |
| Zikmund |
Some have imagined that the curious correspondence of names, when Sigebert, the Frank, married Brynhild, the Goth, is a sign that the Nibelung referred to the Austrasian court; but the Frank Sigebert would have been a very poor serpent-slayer, and, no doubt, only bore the name as a remembrance of him, as did our East Saxon monarch Sæbert, and the Spanish bishop Siseberto. It has lasted on in Germany and Friesland, to be called Sizo, Sitto, Sibert, and Sidde, and is the English surname Sebright. Sigelind, conquering snake, now and then used by German ladies, has the Eastern-looking abbreviation Zelinde.
Sigridur, or conquering impulse, was a favourite among northern ladies. Sigrid the haughty of Sweden, was wooed by King Olaf Trygvesson, and had accepted him; but on her refusal to be baptized, he struck her on the face with his glove, and said, ‘Why should I have thee, an old faded jade, and a heathen to boot.’ She remembered his discourtesy against him, and stirred up the war, which ended in his fatal battle with Earl Sigvalddr. Sigrid is Sired in Domesday; in the North, she is shortened into Sîri, and then Latinized as Serena.
Sigvalldur, conquering power, curiously ran into Sjovald, from whence we take our surname Shovel, one of the many by which our naval commanders are traceable to the vikings.
Sigeheri, Sigehere, Sighar, conquering warrior, is what on Norman lips was Sagar, and then Saher, the hereditary name of the De Quincys, and as a surname spelt Sayers.[[130]]
The other forms are,
| North. | |||||||
| Sigbiorg Siborg Siber | } Conguering protection | Ger. Sigburg | |||||
| German. | English. | Frisian. | Italian. | ||||
| Sigebald | Sibbald | Sibold Sibel | Sibaldo | } | Conquering prince | ||
| North. Sigbiorn; Eng. Siborne—Conquering bear | |||||||
| German. | Frisian. | Spanish. | |||||
| Sigbod | Sibot Sibo Sibbe | Sisebuto | } Messenger of victory | ||||
| Nor. | German. | Frisian. | |||||
| Sigbrand | Sigbrand | Sibrant Sibbern | } | Conquering sword | |||
| Nor. Sigfus—Conquering impetuosity | |||||||
| German. | English. | Frisian. | French. | ||||
| Sighard Siegert | Sigehard | Siard Siade | Sicard | } | Conquering firmnesss | ||
| Ger. Sighelm—Conquering helmet | |||||||
| Nor. Sighvatr—Conquering swiftness | |||||||
| Nor. Sigmar; Ger. Sigmar—Conquering greatness | |||||||
| Nor. Signy—Conquering freshness | |||||||
| Ger. Sigrad—Conquering advice | |||||||
| Ger. Sigrich—Conquering ruler | |||||||
| Sigtrud—Conquering maid | |||||||
| Nor. Sigtrygge—Conquering security | |||||||
| Nor. Sigulf, Siulf; Eng. Sigewolf—Conquering wolf | |||||||
[130]. Nibelung; Weber and Jamieson; Kemble, Beowulf; Michaelis; Pott; Butler; Heimskringla.