svörður

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse svǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *swarduz. Cognate with English sward.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

svörður m (genitive singular svarðar, nominative plural sverðir)

  1. skin, especially that of the head under the hair
  2. sward, turf
  3. (Austurland) peat

Declension[edit]