Sviptingr
Old Norse Dictionary - sviptingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sviptingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sviptingr
- or sviptungr, m. [cp. Engl. swifters = shrouds, thus in a different sense]:—reefing-ropes, (Swed. svigt-linor, Dan. svöft, tage svöftet ind); eyri við svifting hvern, til þess er kemr í sex sviptunga … sviptung hvern, n. G. l. i. 199.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛒᛏᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)