Svarf

Old Norse Dictionary - svarf

Meaning of Old Norse word "svarf" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

svarf Old Norse word can mean:

svarf: n. [sverfa], file dust; þélar hann sverðit allt í sundr í svarf eitt, ÞiðR. 79; járn-svarf, kopar-s.; rauð svörf þélar, Lex. Poët., freq. in mod. usage.

svarf: II. metaph. a hard fray, broil; þeim þótti í orðit nokkut svarf, Ísl. ii. 411; hann ríðr at í þessu svarfi, in the midst of the fray, Al. 40; ok sannast hit fornkveðna, at sitt ráð tekr hverr er í svörfin ferr, Fms. iv. 147.

svarf: 2. plur. shaving, extortion; með ránum ok svörfum, Fms. iii. 146; margr hefir sá meiri svörf (is more exacting), er minna treystir göngum, Skíða R. 23 (the passage should thus be emended).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᚱᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

freq.: frequent, frequently.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

l.: line.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

v.: vide.

plur.: plural.

R.: Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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