/sig"meuhnd, seeg"moond/ ; Ger. /zeek"moont/ , n.
1. (in the Volsunga Saga ) the son of Volsung and Liod; the father, through his sister, Signy, of Sinfjotli; the husband first of Borghild, then of Hjordis; and the father of Sigurd.
2. (in the Nibelungenlied ) the king of the Netherlands and father of Siegfried.
3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning "victory" and "protection."