Svidda

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svidda

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svidda" in Norwegian.

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

svidda
svidda, adj. selvdød, død uden at væreslagtet; om Fæ: þat köllum vér sviddaer engi maðr veit bana at Gul. 313;ef maðr verðr at því kunnr ok sannr,at hann etr svidda, þá skal hann fyrirþat bœta biskupi aurum 3 ok gangatil skripta ok bœta við Krist Gul. 312;Grág. 6014 jvf Grg. I, 3418; nú skulumenn hvatki eta sveita né svidda Borg. 1, 51; bana skal kona fénaði heldr ensvidda liggi Bjark. 642; Frost. 2, 422;um þat sem kafnar eða svidda verðr,vitum vér eigi röksemd þeirra, útan þatvar bannat í lögmáli Moysi Post. 773.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛁᚦᚦᛆ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.

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