Svili
Old Norse Dictionary - svili
Meaning of Old Norse word "svili"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- svili
- a, m. [qs. sif-ili, from sif, sifjar?], a brother-in-law, but in a limited sense, viz. the husbands of two sisters are called svilar (Gr. ἀέλιοι), Edda (Gl.) ii. 497, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- qs.
- quasi.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)