Sverri-
Old Norse Dictionary - sverri-
Meaning of Old Norse word "sverri-"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sverri-
- in poët. compds, sverri-flagð, the mighty ogress; sverri-fjörðr, the mighty firth; sverri-gjörð, the vast belt of the land, i. e. the main sea, Lex. poët.: Sverrir, a pr. name (of king Sverri), the worthy (?).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚱᚱᛁ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.