Sveltir
Old Norse Dictionary - sveltir
Meaning of Old Norse word "sveltir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sveltir
- m. a starver, one who starves, Lex. Poët.; hrafna-s., raven famisher, a nickname, Fb. iii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛚᛏᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.