Svipa

Old Norse Dictionary - svipa

Meaning of Old Norse word "svipa" in English.

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

svipa Old Norse word can mean:

svipa: u, f. a whip; berja með svipum, Stj. 578, MS. 623. 12; hann hafði svipu í hendi ok keyrði hana, Sd. 185: esp. a horse-whip, svipu-ól, svipu-skapt, the lash, handle of a whip. svipu-leikr, m. a play, ‘swoop-game,’ perh. it should be sviðu-leikr (sviþu-leikr, p having crept in for þ), FmS. iii. 193, 196.

svipa: II. gramm. a polysyndeton; svipa heitir þat ef fleiri sann-kenningar heyra einum hlut, Skálda 193.

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

Similar entries:

Svipa (II)

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

m.: masculine.

perh.: perhaps.

S.: Saga.

gramm.: grammar.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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