Sveigr

Old Norse Dictionary - sveigr

Meaning of Old Norse word "sveigr" in English.

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

sveigr Old Norse word can mean:

sveigr: m. [Engl. switch; Swed. svæge; Norse sveig; cp. svigi]:—a switch, álm-s., Fas. i. 271; sveigar kör, a ‘switch-bane,’ i. e. an axe, Eg. (in a verse).

sveigr: II. metaph. a bow, Edda (gl.)

sveigr: 2. a head-dress or snood, a kerchief wound round the head; sveigr var á höfði, Rm.; s. á höfði mikill, Ld. 244; hence sveigar-sága, -þöll, -gátt, the fairy of the hood, i. e. a woman, Lex. Poët.: the passage, nú mun þér ekki sveigr á (sveigra Ed.) verða, er þú ferr aptr, it will be no bend in thy way, it will all be straight. Fas. iii. 281.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Swed.: Swedish.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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