Sviða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sviða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sviða" in English.

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

sviða Old Icelandic word can mean:

sviða
I)
sviða
f.
sviða
1) turning, in salt~;
sviða
2) singed thing, in höfuð~.
sviða
II)
sviða
f. a kind of weapon, cutlass.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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