Svið
Old Norse Dictionary - svið
Meaning of Old Norse word "svið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svið can mean:svið
- svið
- 1. n. pl. singed sheep’s heads, Sturl. i. 166, freq. in mod. usage.
- svið
- 2. n. a space, esp. on the sea, = mið.
- svið
- 2. a local name for a fisherman’s sea-mark near Reykjavik; róa út á Svið; perh. so called from the bottom of the sea there being an oid lava-field (sviða); hence Mardöll á miði, … seiddu nú að sviði sæ-kinda val, Jónas.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- esp.
- especially.
- perh.
- perhaps.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Jónas
- Jónas Hallgrímsson.