SVEIMA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SVEIMA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 SVEIMA

að, [akin to svimma], prop. to swim, Sks. 116, but only used,

2 SVEIMA

2. metaph. to soar, tower, wander about; þeir sveimuðu um bæinn ok drápu mart af Birkibeinum, Fms. viii. 173; fylgjur úvina várra sveima hér nú í nánd, 281; þótt vér hafim sveimat í sumar um bygðir þeirra, vi. 261; sveimaði Bárðr víða um landit, Bárð. 170; s. úti um nætr, Stj. 424; sveimar Þórðr at þeim, Þórð. 78; hyrr sveimaði, the flame soared, spread wide, Lex. Poët.; ef eg sveima elli-grár, eitt sinn heim at Fróni, Núm.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᛁᛘᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Fr: French in etymologies.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.

Works & Authors

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Þórð.: Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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