Svæla
Old Norse Dictionary - svæla
Meaning of Old Norse word "svæla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svæla can mean:svæla
- svæla
- 1. u, f. [A. S. swol = heat, swælan = to burn; Engl. swelter, sultry; Germ. schwüle]:—a thick, choking smoke; reykr ok svæla, Sturl. iii. 189 C; dimri svælu, Fas, iii. 441; nú görðisk brátt S. mikil í húsunum ok reykr tók at vaxa, Þorst. Síðu H. 175; reykjar-S., a stifling smoke, freq. in mod. usage.
- svæla
- 2. metaph. cheating, rapacity: draga saman auð með sökum ok svælum, 623. 21; svæla eðr flærð, Sturl. i. 20.
- svæla
- 2. d, to smoke out, suffocate with smoke, used of a fox; S. e-n inni sem melrakka í greni, Nj. 198; leita heldr út en vera svældr inni, Sturl. iii. 189 C.
- svæla
- 2. metaph., svæla undir sik, to gain by fair or foul means.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Þorst. Síðu H.
- Þorsteins Saga Síðu-Hallssonar. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)