sveipr

== Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === Related to the verb sveipa (“to swaddle, wrap; to cast”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Noun ==== sveipr m fold, folding sveipr í hári a curl in the hair, curly hair a kind of headdress (sveigr) a sudden stir, disturbance opt verðr sveipr í svefni often disturbed while sleeping ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== sveipr second/third-person singular present indicative active of sveipa === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sveipr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive