sveipr
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to the verb sveipa (“to swaddle, wrap; to cast”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
sveipr m
- fold, folding
- sveipr í hári
- a curl in the hair, curly hair
- sveipr í hári
- a kind of headdress (sveigr)
- a sudden stir, disturbance
- opt verðr sveipr í svefni
- often disturbed while sleeping
- opt verðr sveipr í svefni
Declension edit
Declension of sveipr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
sveipr
References edit
- “sveipr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press