Sœfa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sœfa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sœfa" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

sœfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

sœfa
(-ða, -ðr), v.
sœfa
1) to put to death, kill, esp. a sacrificial beast (sœfð vóru þau kvikendi, er goðunum var fórnat);
sœfa
2) refl., sœfast, to be killed; s. á sverðinu, spjótinu, to be killed by a sword or spear thrust through the body (sœfist hón á sverðinu ok deyr).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚠᛅ

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.

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