Svarfa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Svarfa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 svarfa

að, [Engl. to swerve], to sweep, of filings, thence gener. to upset, by sweeping, overturning; Þorgils svarfaði taflinu ok lét í punginn, Th. upset the chess, Sturl. iii. 123.

2 svarfa

2. to swerve; ok svarfaði (= svarfaðisk?) léinn upp eptir síðunni, Hkr. iii. 390.

3 svarfa

II. reflex. to swerve, turn aside, to be turned upside down; taflit svarfaðisk, Fms. vii. 219; svörfuðusk skíðin utanborðs, 31; þeir ætluðu fyrst at svarfask mundi hafa aptr hurðin, Grett.; svarfaðisk ok sópaðisk allt út í sjóvar-djúpit, Stj. 287; höfðu fötin svarfask af honum ofan á gólfit, Grett. 170; þótt áðr hefði nokkut um svarfast (svarfat Ed.), Fms. xi. 97; svarfask um, to cause a great tumult, make havoc, 40.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛅᚱᚠᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
gener.
generally.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)

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