Svalr
Old Norse Dictionary - svalr
Meaning of Old Norse word "svalr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svalr can mean:svalr
- svalr
- svöl, svalt, adj. cool, fresh; með svalri veðr-blöku, Sks. 234; svölum regnélum, 629; vindr mikill ok s., Fms. vi. 421; hægra ok svalara, 226; svölum eggjum, Hdl.: poët. eitr-s., úr-s., Lex. poët.: freq. in mod. usage, svala-drykkr, q. v.: as a nickname, Bs.
- svalr
- COMPDS: svalbrjóstaðr, svalkaldr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)