Svärva

Old Swedish Dictionary - svärva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "svärva" (or sværva) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

svärva (sværva): rösthen borggar och swärua (för hwärua? se hvärva 2; utg. anmärker att "swärua tyckes i hds. vara ändrdt till swärtna") tändher MD 121.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so svärva may have also been written as sværva

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛅᚱᚠᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

MD: Svenska Medeltids dikter och rim. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1881--82. SFSS.