adj., originally a possessive pronoun; [Ulf. svês = ἴδιος; A. S. swæs = proprius; cp. Lat. suus]:—prop. one’s own, which sense is obsolete, and the word is used,

II. metaph. beloved, dear; hvars getr svást at sjá, Fsm. 5; á svásum armi Menglaðar, 41, 42; at bjóri svásum, Akv. 1; buri svása, my own dear sons, 38; svása bræðr, my dear brother, Gkv. 3. 8; in svásu goð, Vþm. 17, 18: in prose it remains in úsvást veðr, unpleasant, wretched weather; veðr er úsvást úti, Grág. i. 216 (Ed. 1853); veðr var æsiliga úsvást af hreggi ok regni, Bs. i. 199; hregg ok rota ok svá ósvást, at trautt þótti úti vært, 339.