Sví-virða
Old Norse Dictionary - sví-virða
Meaning of Old Norse word "sví-virða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sví-virða can mean:sví-virða
- sví-virða
- 1. ð (mod. t), [sví and virða], to dishonour, disgrace, put to shame, Fs. 60, Fms. xi. 55; svívirðr, Ld. 40.
- sví-virða
- 2. u, f. a disgrace, Nj. 15, 139, Fms. xi. 65, 86, Stj. 21.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁ-ᚢᛁᚱᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)