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Signy or Signe (Old Norse: Signý, sometimes known as German: Sieglinde) is the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Norse mythology which were very popular in medieval Scandinavia. Both appear in the Völsunga saga , which was adapted into other works such as Wagner's 'Ring' cycle , including its famous opera Die Walküre .
Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the Nordic and Baltic countries, derived from Old Norse sigr (victory) and nýr (new), which may refer to: Signe (Finnish princess), a legendary Finnish princess; Signy, two heroines in Norse mythology and two lesser-known characters in Norse sagas; Signy Aarna (born 1990), Estonian footballer
The Danes claimed very early that the name "Sigari oppidum" (Sigar's hill fort) referred to the Swedish Sigerstad in Halland between Halmstad and Falkenberg, where there are many monuments about the legend, such as Hagbard's gallows, Hagbard's stones, Siger's hill, Signy's chamber, Signy's well and Hagbard's mound.
Max Bell from Number One noted that the song finds D'Arby "in his quiet, sensitive, loving disguise, as opposed to his crafty, naughty, whoopsadaisy ma'am alter ego." He also felt that "Sign Your Name" "testifies at least to a knowledge of soul", and concluded, "From a Heaven 17 influenced beginning a fair single starts to brood but this could be a sucker punch rather than a knockout."
Signy is the name of two heroines in Norse mythology. Signy may also refer to: Signe, a list of people named Signy or Signe; Signy Island, an Antarctic island Signy Research Station on the island, operated by the British Antarctic Survey; Signy-Avenex, a municipality in Vaud, Switzerland
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The British Signy Research Station on Signy Island. The South Orkney Islands were discovered in 1821 by two sealers, the American Nathaniel Brown Palmer and the Briton George Powell. The islands were originally named Powell's Group, with the main island named Coronation Island as it was the year of the coronation of King George IV.
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