Svipr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svipr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svipr" in Norwegian.

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

svipr: svipr, m. 1) Glimt, Syn som farer en hur-tig forbi og derefter forsvinder; við þettavaknaði Gautr ok þóttist sjá svipinnmannsins í því, er hann brá í sundraugunum Flat. I, 50315; annarr segir,at hann sá svipinn mannsins, er stökkyfir götuna Flat. II, 13232; jvf II, 32218;þóttist hann sjá svipinn til konungs,at hann stökk fyrir borð í brynju sínniFlat. I, 49310; Þorbjörn hafði svip afkonunni Grett. 10232; hann hefir svipaf göngu mannsins Bp. I, 53114. 2) Udseende; þik hefi ek sét annan væn-ligstan en hann ok honum líkastanat svip Fld. II, 4738. Jvf. áhyggju-svipr, reiðisvipr, tígnarsvipr, úþyktar-svipr, vinganarsvipr. 3) Savn som for-aarsages ved ens Fjernelse; þeim þykkirsvipr í at missa mín Fm. VI, 22226;mér þykkir svipr at brautför ykkarriFm. II, 10215. 4) = svipan 2. SE.I, 5446; svipr einn var þat, er samankómu fölvir oddar Hund. 1, 52 (53).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛁᛕᚱ
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.

p.: Pagina, side.

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