Sviða
Old Norse Dictionary - sviða
Meaning of Old Norse word "sviða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sviða can mean:sviða
- sviða
- u, f. [svíða], a roasting, burning, singeing; bæta eyri fyrir sviðu hverja er sviðin er, n. G. L. i. 67.
- sviða
- 2. in Norway sviða means a woodland cleared for tillage by burning, see Ivar Aasen.
- sviða
- COMPDS: sviðueldr, sviðufölskvi, Sviðukári.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.