Sveita
Old Norse Dictionary - sveita
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveita"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sveita can mean:sveita
- sveita
- 1. t, [A. S. swætan; Lat. sudare], to sweat: esp. reflex., sveitask ok hafa erviði, Lv. 61; sveitask blóði, to sweat blood, Mar., Rb. 334; þá sveittisk róðan helga, sweated blood, FmS. viii. 247; sveitask viðsmjörvi, Mar.
- sveita
- 2. adj. = svidda (q. v.), of cattle; sveita ok svidda, S. né sviða, N. G. L. i. 341.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛁᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- esp.
- especially.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- adj.
- adjective.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)