Svarfaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - svarfaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "svarfaðr" in English.

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

svarfaðr Old Norse word can mean:

svarfaðr
svörfuðr, svörfr, m. a sweeper, desolator (?), a nickname, Landn.; whence Svarfaðar-dalr, the name of a county in Icel.; Svarf-dælir, m. pl. the men from S.: Svarfdœla-saga, u, f. the Saga of the S., Landn.
svarfaðr
II. svarfaðr eru sjau tigir, Edda i. 534, v. l. 7 (in Cod. Ub. and Arna-Magn. 748).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
S.
Saga.
Cod.
Codex.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Arna-Magn.
Arna-Magnacanus.
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
Ub.
Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)
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