Svefja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - svefja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "svefja" in English.

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

svefja Old Icelandic word can mean:

svefja
(svef, svafða, svafðr), v. to lull to sleep, assuage, soothe (s. e-n, s. reiði e-s); döglingr bað þik, at þú sárdropa s. skyldir, to stay the bleeding wounds;
svefja
refl., ~st, to be appeased or soothed.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚠᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-s
einhvers.

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