Svelta
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sveltaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "svelta" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
svelta Old Icelandic word can mean:
- svelta
- I)
- svelta
- (svelt; svalt, sultum; soltinn), v.
- svelta
- 1) to die (nema þú Sigurð s. látir);
- svelta
- 2) to starve, suffer hunger; s. í hel (til heljar, til bana), to die of starvation.
- svelta
- II)
- svelta
- (-lta, -ltr), v.
- svelta
- 1) to put to death (svinna systrungu sveltir þú í helli);
- svelta
- 2) to starve; s. e-n í hel, to starve one to death; s. sik til fjár, to get money by starving oneself.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛚᛏᛅ
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