Svíar

Old Norse Dictionary - svíar

Meaning of Old Norse word "svíar" in English.

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

svíar Old Norse word can mean:

svíar: n. pl. [Suiones, of Tacit. Germ.; Swed. svear], the Swedes, originally in the limited sense of the Northern Swedes,—‘Svea och Göta konung’ is still the title of the king of Sweden; Svía-kind, Svía-dróttinn, Svía-kappi, the kind, lord, champion of the Swedes, Ýt., Lex. Poët.; Freyr Svía-goð, Frey the god of the Swear, Fb. iii. 246; Svía-herr, the host of Swear, FmS. x. 349; Sía-sker, the Swedish skerries, islands in the Baltic near to the Mälar lake; Svía-gríss, the name of a mythical ring, Yngl. S., Edda: Svía-konungar, the Swedish king, passim.

svíar: II. Svía-veldi, the empire of the Swear, Fb. i. 139, Ó. H.; Svía-ríki, mod. Swed. Sveriga, i. e. Sweden, Fb. i. 139, ii. 57; Sví-þjóð, q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

i. e.: id est.

mod.: modern.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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

Yngl. S.: Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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