- úr-svalr
- adj. wet-cold, Hkv. 2. 42; úrsvalar unnir, 2. 11; úrsvöl Gýmis völva, Edda (in a verse); úrsvölum munni, Grett. (in a verse), of the eddying stream.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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