Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
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einn fló inn um glugginn ok svipaði um húsit); (2) refl., svipast at e-u or eptir e-u, to look after (s. at hrossum); s. um, to look around (svipuðust menn um ok fannst hann eigi í liðinu).
svipa (að), v. to whip, horsewhip.
svipa, f. whip (hann hafði svipu í hendi ok keyrði hana).
svipaðr, pp. looking so and so; s. illa = svipillr.
svipan, f. (1) swinging, sweeping; at sverða s., while the swords are sweeping; með svá harðri s., so quickly; (2) fight (varð þar hörð s.); (3) the nick of time, moment (í þeiri s. féll Þorgils).
svip-illr, a. ill-looking;
-liga, adv. smartly (förum vér nú helzti -liga);
-ligr, a. (1) unstable, transient (-lig sæla); (2) having a displeased air (ekki sýndist henni konan sviplig); -lyndr, a. fickle-minded; -mikill, á. imposing (-mikill drengr).
svipr, m. (1) a sweeping movement; (1) sudden loss (frændum Hrafns þótti mikill s., er hann fór í brott); (3) a brief glimpse of a person; a fleeting, evanescent appearance (Olafr vaknaði ok þóttist sjá svip konunnar); (4) look, countenance (þik hefi ek sét honum líkastan at svip).
svip-stund, f. moment, twinkling of an eye (þat var -stund ein áðr stofan brann svá at hon fell ofan).
svipta (-pta, -ptr), v. (1) to throw, fling (hón svipti honum á herðar sér); s. borðum, to remove the tables; s. e-u ofan, to sweep off, knock down (þeir sviptu ofan öllum goðunum af stöllunum); bjarndýrit svipti honum undir sik, the bear got him under; (2) to reef (veðr óx í hönd ok bað Bjarni þá s.); s. seglunum, to reef the sails; s. til eins rifs, to take in all reefs but one; (3) to strip, deprive, s. e-n e-u (hann sviptir hana faldinum); also, s. e-n af e-u (s. e-n af sínum hlut); (4) refl., sviptast, to tug, wrestle (tókust þeir konungr í hendr ok sviptust fast).
svipta, f. loss (hann kvað sér sviptu at þeira skilnaði).
svipti-kista, f. a movable chest.
sviptingar, f. pl. tugging-wrestling, tussle (váru þær s. all-harðar).
sviptir, m. loss (e-m þykkir s. í e-u).
svipu-högg, n. a lash with a whip;
-leikr, m. a kind of game.
svipull, a. unstable, transient.
svip-vindr, a. fickle, = -lyndr;
-vísi, f. = sveipvísi;
-víss, a. = sveipvíss.
Svíar, m. pl. the Swedes.
Svía-ríki, -veldi, n. the Swedish kingdom or empire.
svíða (svið; sveið, sviðum; sviðinn), v. (1) to singe, burn, roast (s. dilka-höfuð); (2) to smart, of a wound, burn, etc. (svíða sœtar ástir).
svífa (svíf; sveif, svifum; svifinn), v. (1) to rove, ramble; sumir svifu at nautum, some went roving after cattle; sveinn sýsliga sveif til skógar, the lad turned briskly to the wood; s. upp á grunn, to run ashore, of a ship; lata samþykki sitt s. til e-s, to sway one's consent towards, to agree to; (2) impers. with dat. to swerve, drift (sveif skipinu frá landi); svífr skipinu fyrir straumi ok veðri, the ship drifts before wind and stream; hann hélt svá, at hvergi sveif, so that the boat swerved not; e-u svífr e-m í hug, í skap, it occurs to one's mind (Gestr svarar: þessu sveif mér í skap); segir Þórðr, at svífi yfir hann, that he was taken suddenly ill; (3) refl., svífast um, to bustle about, be active; s. e-s, to shrink from; s. einskis, to shrink from nothing; þeir munu einskis (engis) ills s., they will stick at no ill.
svíkja (svík; sveik, svikum; svikinn), v. to betray, deceive, cheat (vil ek þik í engu s.); s. e-n e-u, to defraud one of (féi opt svikinn).
svín, n. swine,pig; hafa svíns minni, to have a short memory.
svína-ból,-bœli,n. pig-sty;
-gæzla, f. swine-herding;
-hirðir, m. swineherd;
-hús, n. swine-house, pig-sty.
svín-beygja (-ða, -ðr), v. to make one stoop like a pig;
-drukkinn, pp. drunk as a swine;
-fylking, f. a wedge-shaped phalanx;
-fylkja (-ta, -tr), v. to draw up in a wedge-shaded phalanx;
-fœtr, m. pl., a term of abuse, paltry persons;
-galinn, pp.
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