Svalar

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svalar

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svalar" in Norwegian.

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

svalar: svalar, f. pl. en bedækket mod Ydersiden aaben Gang, der løber langs en Byg-ning eller Husrække; svá var firirætlat,at þá er konungr gengr til aftansöngsstóð sveinninn úti í svölum firir honum- Flat. II, 8535; s. konungr var þágenginn ór herberginu ok út í sval-arnar Fm. VIII, 12315 jvf 190 fg; DN.II, 89. 123. III, 180. IV, 198. VI, 84;ogsaa svalir: um nóttina gékk hann útí svalir at leita sér staðar Fris. 916; jarlsvaf í öðru herbergi skamt ífrá, hannvaknaði við gnýinn ok hljóp upp viðok gékk út í svalirnar Fm. IX, 44915;stendr Attila konungr upp ok gengrút i svalirnar ok sér, hvar ganga Nifl-ungar Didr. 3203; er skrín þat svágert - sem líkkista, en svalir undirniðri, en yfir uppi vett vaxit sem ræfr,ok þar af upp höfuð ok burst OH.23525.

Part of speech: f pl

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛆᛚᛆᚱ
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.

pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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