SVARTR, svört, svart, adj., compar. svartari, superl. svartastr: [a common Teut. word; Goth. swarts = GREEK] :-- swart, black; s. sem bik, Nj. 195; s. sem hrafn, Edda 76 (hrafn-s.); s. hestr, Fms. ix. 523, Nj. 58; s. björn, a black bear, Sks. 186; svartr sem jörð, Fms. i. 216; svört augu, Kormak, Sighvat, Ó.H.; s. at lit, Fms. xi. 7; s. á lit, x. 420; tjalda svörtu, Fas. ii. 534; svartara, Landn. 206; myrkr sem þá er svartast er, Ann. 1341; svartir djöflar, Hom. 33; þat svarta úáran, Fms. xi. 7: as a nickname, svarti, Landn. passim; Þorsteinn svartr, Dipl. v. 15: as a pr. name, Landn.: a local name, Svarta-haf, n. the Black Sea, Hkr. i. 5, MS. 732. 17.
B. COMPDS: svart-álfar, m. pl. the black elves, Edda. svart-bakr, m. [Shetl. swartback, or swabie] :-- the great black-backed gull, larus marinus, Fs. 145. svartblá-eygr, adj. dark-blue-eyed. Eg. 305, v.l. svart-blár, adj. dark blue, Ann. for Nord. Oldk. (1848) 191. svart-blesóttr, adj. black-headed with a white stripe, of a horse, Sturl. iii. 199. svart-brúnaðr, part. dyed black-brown, B.K. 98. svart-brúnn, adj. black-brown, Eg. (in a verse), Eb. 258 (of the eyes). svart-eygr, adj. black-eyed, Eg. 305, Fms. vii. 175, Fas. iii. 627. svart-flekkóttr, adj. black-flecked, Mkv. svart-fygli, n. a gull, uria troile L., Ann. 1327 (mod. svart-fugl). svarta-hríð, f. a pitch-dark snow-storm, Fas. ii. 144. svart-höfði, a, m. a nickname, Landn. svart-jarpr, adj. dark-brown, Ld. 276 (of hair). svarta-kampi, adj. black-beard, a nickname, Sturl. ii. 240. svart-klæddr, part. clad in black, Fms. ii. 195, Sturl. ii. 9. svart-kollr, m. black-pate, a nickname, Sturl. iii. 220. svart-leggja, u, f. 'black leg' or black stalk, of a battle-axe with a smoky black handle, Band. svart-leitr, adj. swarthy, Fas. ii. 149. svarta-meistari, a, m. a 'black master,' of the Dominican order, Fms. viii. svart-munkr, m. a black monk, black friar, Dominican, Fms., Bs., passim; svartmunka klaustr, -líf, -lifnaðr. svart-nætti, n. the black night. svarta-salt, n. black salt, N.G.L. i. 39. svarta-skáld, n. a black poet, a nickname, opp. to hvíta-skáld, Sturl. svart-skeggjaðr, adj. black-bearded, Bárð. 38 new Ed. svart-skjór, m. = svartbakr, Edda (Gl.) svarta-slag, n. a black or dark blow, a law term, of a blow which draws no blood, and to which there are no witnesses, N.G.L. i. 73; s. hit hvíta, 357. svarta-svipr, m. deep gloom; var mikill s. at fráfalli hans, his death caused deep gloom, Bs. i. 144. svart-söðlóttr, adj. black-saddled, of a beast with a black saddle-shaped mark on the back, D.N. ii. 225. svarta-þurs, m. black giant, a nickname, Landn.
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SVÁSS, adj., originally a possessive pronoun; [Ulf. svês = GREEK; A.S. swæs = proprius; cp. Lat. suus] :-- prop. one's own, which sense is obsolete, and the word is used, II. metaph. beloved, dear; hvars getr svást at sjá, Fsm. 5; á svásum armi Menglaðar, 41, 42; at bjóri svásum, Akv. 1; buri svása, my own dear sons, 38; svása bræðr, my dear brother, Gkv. 3. 8; in svásu goð, Vþm. 17, 18: in prose it remains in úsvást veðr, unpleasant, wretched weather; veðr er úsvást úti, Grág. i. 216 (Ed. 1853); veðr var æsiliga úsvást af hreggi ok regni, Bs. i. 199; hregg ok rota ok svá ósvást, at trautt þótti úti vært, 339. 2ff7e9595c
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