Sveðja

Old Norse Dictionary - sveðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "sveðja" in English.

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

sveðja
pres. sveðr; pret. svaddi, [svað], to slide, glance off, as a sword from a bone; sverðit sveðr af stálhörðum hjálmi, Al. 40; svaddi sverðit allt ofan á kinnar-kjálkann, Sturl. iii. 186 C; sverðit beit ekki þegar beinsins kenndi, ok svaddi ofan í knés-bótina, Dropl. 24; hlífðu hellur þær, ok svöddu lögin af honum, Fs. 66; kom í helluna ok svaddi (thus to be emended, sneiddi Ed.) af henni svá hart, at hann féll eptir laginu, Vápn. 5.

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

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Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Vápn.
Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
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