Sveipr
Old Norse Dictionary - sveipr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveipr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sveipr can mean:sveipr
- sveipr
- m. a fold, Lat. plica; gyrða um sik með tvauföldum sveip, to gird with a twofold ‘swoop,’ wrap it twice round the waist, Sks. 405 B: a twirl, a falling lock on the forehead, s. í hári, Nj. 39; svartr á hár ok sveipr í hárinu, curled hair (?), Korm. 8.
- sveipr
- 2. a hood (= sveigr), Edda ii. 494.
- sveipr
- 3. poët., öldu-sveipr, a ‘wave-sweeper,’ i. e. an oar, Fms. ii. (in a verse).
- sveipr
- II. a sudden ‘swoop,’ an accident, catastrophe; sveipr varð í för, Haustl.; opt verðr sveipr í svefni, a saying, Sturl. ii. 210.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛁᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- poët.
- poetically.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)