Sveifi-rúm
Old Norse Dictionary - sveifi-rúm
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveifi-rúm"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sveifi-rúm
- n. room for the tiller to work so as to veer the ship; sigla svá nær at eigi sé sveifrúm, n. G. l. ii. 281, Jb. 396; sveifingar-rúm, 396 B: svif-rúm, n. G. l. l. c. (v. l. 8, 11), whence mod. svig-rúm: room to move the body freely, eg hafði ekki svigrúm til þess.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛁᚠᛁ-ᚱᚢᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)