Sveigr
Old Norse Dictionary - sveigr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveigr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sveigr can mean:sveigr
- sveigr
- m. [Engl. switch; Swed. svæge; Norse sveig; cp. svigi]:—a switch, álm-s., Fas. i. 271; sveigar kör, a ‘switch-bane,’ i. e. an axe, Eg. (in a verse).
- sveigr
- II. metaph. a bow, Edda (gl.)
- sveigr
- 2. a head-dress or snood, a kerchief wound round the head; sveigr var á höfði, Rm.; s. á höfði mikill, Ld. 244; hence sveigar-sága, -þöll, -gátt, the fairy of the hood, i. e. a woman, Lex. Poët.: the passage, nú mun þér ekki sveigr á (sveigra Ed.) verða, er þú ferr aptr, it will be no bend in thy way, it will all be straight. Fas. iii. 281.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)