Svardagi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svardagi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svardagi" in Norwegian.

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

svardagi: svardagi, m. 1) Ed; skal eigandi fjárinsþiggja hans (nl. varðveizlumannsins)svardaga Stj. 30329; fé allt var virðtmeð svardögum Ísl. 10 (1617). 2) ede- ligt Løfte; hefir svá tilborit, at þú lifir,en vit erum lausir allra svardaga okfastmæla við þá Hákon jarl Flat. I,23225; Frigg tók svardaga til þess at- SE. I, 1729; nema hann veiti hon-um svardaga at koma SE. I, 21012 jvfFlat. II, 1807; binda e-t svardögumNj. 106 (16424); Eb. 59 (11010); Flat. II,2427. 3) Bestilling som en har over-taget med edelig Forpligtelse; Jón prestrá Staði svarinn sagði svá um grið-sætning mót jólum: þat heyrða ek,sagði hann, ok vissa ek ok var ek hjá,er Loðinn skræper, er átti svardagannum daga erkibiskups Einars ok starfhans, hafði þá af kirkjunnar halfu íNiðarósi, at hann sætti grið - DN.III, 2839 (jvf 2811. 26).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛆᚱᚦᛆᚵᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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