Svíar
Old Norse Dictionary - svíar
Meaning of Old Norse word "svíar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svíar can mean:svíar
- svíar
- n. pl. [Suiones, of Tacit. Germ.; Swed. svear], the Swedes, originally in the limited sense of the Northern Swedes,—‘Svea och Göta konung’ is still the title of the king of Sweden; Svía-kind, Svía-dróttinn, Svía-kappi, the kind, lord, champion of the Swedes, Ýt., Lex. Poët.; Freyr Svía-goð, Frey the god of the Swear, Fb. iii. 246; Svía-herr, the host of Swear, FmS. x. 349; Sía-sker, the Swedish skerries, islands in the Baltic near to the Mälar lake; Svía-gríss, the name of a mythical ring, Yngl. S., Edda: Svía-konungar, the Swedish king, passim.
- svíar
- II. Svía-veldi, the empire of the Swear, Fb. i. 139, Ó. H.; Svía-ríki, mod. Swed. Sveriga, i. e. Sweden, Fb. i. 139, ii. 57; Sví-þjóð, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- i. e.
- id est.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)