Definitions
Definitions
1 svæla
1. u, f. [A. S. swol = heat, swælan = to burn; Engl. swelter, sultry; Germ. schwüle]:—a thick, choking smoke; reykr ok svæla, Sturl. iii. 189 C; dimri svælu, Fas, iii. 441; nú görðisk brátt s. mikil í húsunum ok reykr tók at vaxa, Þorst. Síðu H. 175; reykjar-s., a stifling smoke, freq. in mod. usage.
2 svæla
2. metaph. cheating, rapacity: draga saman auð með sökum ok svælum, 623. 21; svæla eðr flærð, Sturl. i. 20.
3 svæla
2. d, to smoke out, suffocate with smoke, used of a fox; s. e-n inni sem melrakka í greni, Nj. 198; leita heldr út en vera svældr inni, Sturl. iii. 189 C.
4 svæla
2. metaph., svæla undir sik, to gain by fair or foul means.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
svæla
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "svæla" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).