Svelta

Old Norse Dictionary - svelta

Meaning of Old Norse word "svelta" in English.

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

svelta Old Norse word can mean:

svelta: part. sveit; pret. svalt, 2nd pers. svaltz, LS. 62 (Bugge); mod. svalst: pl. sultu; subj. sylti; part. soltinn; [Ulf. swiltan = ἀποθνήσκειν; A. S. sweltan; Early Engl. swelte]:—to die; this sense, which agrees with the use in Goth. and A. S., is disused in the Northern language and remains only in poetry; svalt þá Sigurðr, saztu yfir dauðum, Hm. 7; þat mál it hinnsta áðr hann sylti, Og. 16; björt áðr sylti, Akv. 43; hafa skal ek Sigurð mér á armi, eða þó svelta, Skv. 3. 6; þeim er sultu með Sigurði, 62; nema þú Sigurð svelta látir, 11, Gkv. 2. 3; er annan lét S., FmS. i. 258 (in a verse), ii. 271 (in a verse); soltnar þýjar, ærnar soltnar, Skv. 3. 45, 48; soltinn varð Sigurðr sunnan Rínar. Bkv. 11; aflir svelta, þeir er af bekkjar bergja drekku, Merl. 1. 7.

svelta: II. [Dan. sulte], to starve, suffer hunger; ok svaltz þú þá hungri heill, LS. (Bugge); mod., svelta heilu hungri; þó at fé svelti, Grág. ii. 328; S. í hel, or, til heljar, FmS. vi. 132, Bret. 8; soltinn maðr, Gþl. 400; hann var mjök soltinn, very hungry, Edda; sárt bítr soltin lús, Landn.; svangr ok soltinn, FmS. x. 149, and so passim in old and mod. usage.

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

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Svelta (I)

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

part.: participle.

pers.: person.

pl.: plural.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

subj.: subjunctive.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Dan.: Danish.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Bkv.: Brynhildar-kviða. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Merl.: Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)

Og.: Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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