Af-sviptr
Old Norse Dictionary - af-sviptr
Meaning of Old Norse word "af-sviptr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- af-sviptr
- part. stripped; with dat., afsviptr þinni ásjónu, cut off from thy countenance, Stj. 228. Gen. xlviii. 11, Sks. 342, H. E. i. 457.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛋᚢᛁᛒᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)