Sveigr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sveigr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᛁᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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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