Sverra
Old Norse Dictionary - sverra
Meaning of Old Norse word "sverra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sverra
- ð (?), an obsolete defective word, [svarri, svarkr; cp. Goth. sweran = τιμαν], to be mighty (?); sverrandi hjaldr, Eg. (in a verse): hence
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚱᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)