Sváss
Old Norse Dictionary - sváss
Meaning of Old Norse word "sváss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sváss can mean:sváss
- sváss
- adj., originally a possessive pronoun; [Ulf. svês = ἴδιος; A. S. swæs = proprius; cp. Lat. suus]:—prop. one’s own, which sense is obsolete, and the word is used,
- sváss
- II. metaph. beloved, dear; hvars getr svást at sjá, Fsm. 5; á svásum armi Menglaðar, 41, 42; at bjóri svásum, Akv. 1; buri svása, my own dear sons, 38; svása bræðr, my dear brother, Gkv. 3. 8; in svásu goð, Vþm. 17, 18: in prose it remains in úsvást veðr, unpleasant, wretched weather; veðr er úsvást úti, Grág. i. 216 (Ed. 1853); veðr var æsiliga úsvást af hreggi ok regni, BS. i. 199; hregg ok rota ok svá ósvást, at trautt þótti úti vært, 339.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)