Svipta

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

svipta Old Norse word can mean:

svipta

t, [cp. svipr, svipa; Engl. swift], to pull quickly; hón svipti (sweeped, swept) at mötli sínum, Fs. 60; hón svipti honum á herðar sér, 623. 36; svipta e-u ofan, to sweep off, knock down, Fms. ii. 45; svipti hón söðli af svöngum jó, Og. 3; s. ofan forfallinu, Konr.; er hann svipti honum Svarti, gave him a shaking, Fs. 140; þat (the bear) svipti honum undir sik, 149; s. undir sik tjaldinu, Fms. v.i. 114; hann svipti undir hönd sér einum litlum gullbaug, Edda 72; s. e-u undan e-m, to strip one of it, Sks. 682.

svipta

2. to strip, deprive; svipta e-n e-u, to strip one of a thing; hann sviptir hana faldinum, strips her of her hood, Nj. 131: to deprive one of, s. e-n e-u, this sense is freq. in mod. usage; syptir (i. e. sviptir) riddaratign, stripped, bereft of, 623. 30; sviptir sæmdum, Ld. 164.

svipta

3. a naut. term, to reef, (Dan. svigte, gt = ft); svipta af handrifi, Ó. H. 182, Fms. iii. 44; s. seglunum, to reef the sails, Fas. i. 138; þeir tóku veðr stór, ok vildu margir minnka sigling ok svipta, Fms. v.i. 67; veðr óx í hönd ok bað Bjarni þá svipta, Fb. i. 432; skal engi… sigla fyrir mér né ek vilja svipta fyrr en þeir, Fms. v. 337; svipta til eins rifs, to take in all reefs but one, ix. 21.

svipta

II. recipr. to tug, wrestle; sviptask fast, Fms. i. 306, iii. 224.

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

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