Svæfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svæfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svæfa" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

svæfa
svæfa, f. (fð) 1) bringe til at sove; at hannmætti því auðvelligar oss svíkja oksvæfa, þá er vér skyldum vaka Flat. I,37727; hón söng svá fagrt, at hón svæfðiskipshafnir Flat. II, 2533. 2) stille,bringe til Ro, f. Ex. sæ Hm. 155; reiðiAlex. 1271; áskilnað DN. IX, 119.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛅᚠᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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