Svoddan

Old Norse Dictionary - svoddan

Meaning of Old Norse word "svoddan" in English.

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

svoddan: adj. indecl. such, Dan. saadan (mod. and borrowed from Low Germ. through Dan., and much used since the Reformation), Pass. 4. 18, 35. 6, 50. 6, Vídal. passim, so in mod. speech, in which it is gradually displacing the old and vernacular slíkr.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

Dan.: Danish.

decl.: declined.

Germ.: German.

indecl.: indeclinable.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Vídal.: Vídalíns-Postilla.

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