Svipa
Old Norse Dictionary - svipa
Meaning of Old Norse word "svipa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svipa can mean:svipa
- svipa
- u, f. a whip; berja með svipum, Stj. 578, MS. 623. 12; hann hafði svipu í hendi ok keyrði hana, Sd. 185: esp. a horse-whip, svipu-ól, svipu-skapt, the lash, handle of a whip. svipu-leikr, m. a play, ‘swoop-game,’ perh. it should be sviðu-leikr (sviþu-leikr, p having crept in for þ), FmS. iii. 193, 196.
- svipa
- II. gramm. a polysyndeton; svipa heitir þat ef fleiri sann-kenningar heyra einum hlut, Skálda 193.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- S.
- Saga.
- gramm.
- grammar.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)