sveipr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

sveipr m

  1. fold, folding
    sveipr í hári
    a curl in the hair, curly hair
  2. a kind of headdress (sveigr)
  3. a sudden stir, disturbance
    opt verðr sveipr í svefni
    often disturbed while sleeping
Declension
Declension of sveipr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sveipr sveiprinn sveipar sveiparnir
accusative sveip sveipinn sveipa sveipana
dative sveipi sveipinum sveipum sveipunum
genitive sveips sveipsins sveipa sveipanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: sveipur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveip
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sveip
  • Swedish: svep
  • Old Danish: svøff

Etymology 2

Verb

sveipr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of sveipa

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sveipr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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