sveimr

sveimr
m. tumult, stir, = sveim.
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m. (sveim, n., Orkn. l. c.), a soaring, bustle, stir; göra fjándsligan sveim, Hallfred; sá sveimr görisk um allar herbúðir, at …, Al. 117; í Eyjunum var sveim mikit, in the islands there was mickle stir, Orkn. 334: a nickname, Sturl.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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