SVARF

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SVARF

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SVARF

n. [sverfa], file dust; þélar hann sverðit allt í sundr í svarf eitt, Þiðr. 79; járn-svarf, kopar-s.; rauð svörf þélar, Lex. Poët., freq. in mod. usage.

2 SVARF

II. metaph. a hard fray, broil; þeim þótti í orðit nokkut svarf, Ísl. ii. 411; hann ríðr at í þessu svarfi, in the midst of the fray, Al. 40; ok sannast hit fornkveðna, at sitt ráð tekr hverr er í svörfin ferr, Fms. iv. 147.

3 SVARF

2. plur. shaving, extortion; með ránum ok svörfum, Fms. iii. 146; margr hefir sá meiri svörf (is more exacting), er minna treystir göngum, Skíða R. 23 (the passage should thus be emended).

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛅᚱᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
plur.
plural.
R.
Rimur.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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