Svín
Old Norse Dictionary - svín
Meaning of Old Norse word "svín"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svín can mean:svín
- svín
- n. [a common Teut. word], a swine, Grág. ii. 315, Fms. i. 213, Fs. 26, Landn. 177: the saying, opt er it sama svín í akri, Fms. vi. 216, viii. 233, Mkv., cp. Odyss. xviii. 29: of the hog-shapen beggar’s scrip, Skíða R.; (cp. Dan. ‘gris,’ = a clay-pig used as a money-box); svíns belgr, blóð, bógr, rani. Fas. iii. 622, Stj. 363, 644, Sturl. iii. 44; svíns hrin, Fas. iii. 149; svíns-lifr, swine’s liver, as a charm used to still enmities or in truce-making, Gkv. 2. 23 (cp. Stj. 363, v. l.,—því vóru heiðnir menn vanir at …); hafa svíns minni, to have a swine’s (i. e. short) memory, Ld. 216.
- svín
- II. in local names, Svína-fell (whence Svín-fellingar), Svína-vatn, Svína-dalr, Svína-nes, Svín-ey, Svín-hagi, etc., Landn.
- svín
- COMPDS: svínabæli, svínageymsla, svínahirðir, svínahús.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- R.
- Rimur.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- etc.
- et cetera.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Mkv.
- Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)