1 SVÁRR
adj. [Ulf. swêrs = ἔντιμος; A. S. swær; Scot. sweir (= heavy); Germ. schwer]:—heavy, grave; sváran súsbreka, Skm. 29; síns ins svára sefa, for her strong affection, Hm. 106; svárra sára, Gh. 11; svárt ok dátt, Skv. 3. 26; at svárra fari (compar.), Kormak: sváran, as adv. sorely, sló sváran sínar hendr (thus to be emended, svárar Cod.), she wrung her hands so sore, Skv. 3. 25, 29. The word is poët. and obsolete, and not used in prose, either ancient or modern; the mod. Dan. swær is borrowed from the Germ.