Svörðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svörðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svörðr" (or svǫrðr) in Norwegian.

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

svörðr (svǫrðr): svörðr, m. (G. svarðar, D. sverði) 1) Hud med Haar paa; især om den med Haarbevoxede Hud paa Menneskets Hoved;flettu þeir hann af klæðum ok ætluðuat flá hann kvikan ok klufu svörðinní höfðinu Fm. VII, 2272; má af slíkumarka, at hauss sá mundi eigi auð-skœðr fyrir höggum smámennis, meðansvörðr ok hold fylgði EG. 90 (22917);lét hann rísta húðina umkringis höfuðitfyrir ofan eyrun ok rífa síðan af svörð-inn með öllu hárinu Gyð. 617; SE. II,430. 500. 2) = svarðreip; lét kon-ungr bera at svörðu ok stór reip Fm. IX, 521 &vl 2. 523 &vl 3; DN. II, 255;ogsaa coll. Ghm. II, 680; Krók. 2010. 3) Grønsvær, jvf svarðfastr, svarðlauss.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, svörðr may be more accurately written as svǫrðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᚯᚱᚦᚱ
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:

coll.: Collectiv.

D.: Dativ.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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