sicor

Old English

Alternative forms

sicer

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sikur (“secure, sure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“carefree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsi.kor/

Adjective

sicor

secure, free from guilt or punishment, safe, free from danger or harm
sure, certain, free from doubt

Declension

Declension of sicor — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sicor	sicor	sicor
Accusative	sicorne	sicore	sicor
Genitive	sicores	sicorre	sicores
Dative	sicorum	sicorre	sicorum
Instrumental	sicore	sicorre	sicore
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sicore	sicora, sicore	sicor
Accusative	sicore	sicora, sicore	sicor
Genitive	sicorra	sicorra	sicorra
Dative	sicorum	sicorum	sicorum
Instrumental	sicorum	sicorum	sicorum

Declension of sicor — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sicora	sicore	sicore
Accusative	sicoran	sicoran	sicore
Genitive	sicoran	sicoran	sicoran
Dative	sicoran	sicoran	sicoran
Instrumental	sicoran	sicoran	sicoran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sicoran	sicoran	sicoran
Accusative	sicoran	sicoran	sicoran
Genitive	sicorra, sicorena	sicorra, sicorena	sicorra, sicorena
Dative	sicorum	sicorum	sicorum
Instrumental	sicorum	sicorum	sicorum

Synonyms

(secure): orsorg

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: siker
- English: sicker (obsolete, dialectal)
- Scots: sicker, siccar
- → Welsh: sicr

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sicor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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