Sví-virða

Old Norse Dictionary - sví-virða

Meaning of Old Norse word "sví-virða" in English.

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

sví-virða Old Norse word can mean:

sví-virða
1. ð (mod. t), [sví and virða], to dishonour, disgrace, put to shame, Fs. 60, Fms. xi. 55; svívirðr, Ld. 40.
sví-virða
2. u, f. a disgrace, Nj. 15, 139, Fms. xi. 65, 86, Stj. 21.

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

Abbreviations used:

mod.
modern.
f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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