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n. [síga], a rope which is let down; fóru þá sigin ofan í gröfina, en Þoroddr upp, Ó. H. 152, Þjal. S: also of the rope by which a fowler is let down precipices, as described in Bs. ii. 111.
2. in Icel. ropes with weights, put over hayricks, boats, or the like, to keep them safe (láta sig á hey); whence siga-keppr, m. a log fastened as a weight to a rope’s end: metaph. of a log-like, slow fellow; þú ert einsog sigakeppr!