Sviða

Old Norse Dictionary - sviða

Meaning of Old Norse word "sviða" in English.

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

sviða Old Norse word can mean:

sviða
u, f. [svíða], a roasting, burning, singeing; bæta eyri fyrir sviðu hverja er sviðin er, n. G. L. i. 67.
sviða
2. in Norway sviða means a woodland cleared for tillage by burning, see Ivar Aasen.
sviða
COMPDS: sviðueldr, sviðufölskvi, Sviðukári.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
L.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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