Svafnir
Old Norse Dictionary - svafnir
Meaning of Old Norse word "svafnir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- svafnir
- m. [svefja], a sleep-maker, soother, Lat. sopitor; fjör-svafnir, the name of a sword, Nj.: poët. a serpent, Gm., Edda, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᚠᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)