Sveltir

Old Norse Dictionary - sveltir

Meaning of Old Norse word "sveltir" in English.

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

sveltir: m. a starver, one who starves, Lex. Poët.; hrafna-s., raven famisher, a nickname, Fb. iii.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

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

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