sveifla

sveifla
flourish
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I)
(að), v. to swing, sweep (s. sverði, exi til e-s).
II)
f. swing, swinging.
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1.
að, to swing or spin in a circle, like a top; s. sverði, exi, Nj. 56, 97, Eg. 80, Fas. i. 415, Fbr. 209, Ó. H. 222.
2.
u, f. a wrestler’s term, a swinging round with one’s antagonist; snúa e-m til sveiflu, Fas. iii. 392, Grett. 15 new Ed.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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