svell

n. sheet of ice.

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n. swollen ice, a lump of ice; mikit svell var hlaupit upp, Nj. 144; svell þrútnar upp hjá garði, Grág. ii. 283; svelli ok hjarni var steypt yfir alla jörð, Fms. ii. 228: in mod. usage ‘svell’ is ice with solid ground beneath, ‘iss’ ice on water: poët., handar svell, the ice of the hand, i. e. gold; sárs, dreyra, fetla svell, ‘wound-ice,’ i. e. weapons, Lex. Poët.