Sveðja
Old Norse Dictionary - sveðja
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveðja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sveðja
- pres. sveðr; pret. svaddi, [svað], to slide, glance off, as a sword from a bone; sverðit sveðr af stálhörðum hjálmi, Al. 40; svaddi sverðit allt ofan á kinnar-kjálkann, Sturl. iii. 186 C; sverðit beit ekki þegar beinsins kenndi, ok svaddi ofan í knés-bótina, Dropl. 24; hlífðu hellur þær, ok svöddu lögin af honum, Fs. 66; kom í helluna ok svaddi (thus to be emended, sneiddi Ed.) af henni svá hart, at hann féll eptir laginu, Vápn. 5.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)