Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sveigr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

3 definitions

1 sveigr

m. [Engl. switch; Swed. svæge; Norse sveig; cp. svigi]:—a switch, álm-s., Fas. i. 271; sveigar kör, a ‘switch-bane,’ i. e. an axe, Eg. (in a verse).

2 sveigr

II. metaph. a bow, Edda (Gl.)

3 sveigr

2. a head-dress or snood, a kerchief wound round the head; sveigr var á höfði, Rm.; s. á höfði mikill, Ld. 244; hence sveigar-sága, -þöll, -gátt, the fairy of the hood, i. e. a woman, Lex. Poët.: the passage, nú mun þér ekki sveigr á (sveigra Ed.) verða, er þú ferr aptr, it will be no bend in thy way, it will all be straight. Fas. iii. 281.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

sveigr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "sveigr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
p.: page.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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