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
  • Danish: svøb

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