Noun: sverð
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | sverð |
| Sg. Def. | sverðið |
| Pl. Indef. | sverð |
| Pl. Def. | sverðin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | sverðs |
| Sg. Def. | sverðsins |
| Pl. Indef. | sverða |
| Pl. Def. | sverðanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | sverði |
| Sg. Def. | sverðinu |
| Pl. Indef. | sverðum |
| Pl. Def. | sverðunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | sverð |
| Sg. Def. | sverðið |
| Pl. Indef. | sverð |
| Pl. Def. | sverðin |
Sample Sentences
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Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic) (I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.)
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Jesús sagði við hann: „Slíðra sverð þitt! Allir, sem sverði bregða, munu fyrir sverði falla.“ ("Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.") [Matthew 26:52 (English and Icelandic)]
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Upp dreg ég sverðið, við æðum hjá, úlfuirnn skelfileg sjón að sjá. / Ofsaleg bræðin í augum brennur, beljandi sýnir hann klær og tennur. (Children of Loki) [2012 October 26, “Fenrisúlfur”, in Börn Loka [Children of Loki], performed by Skálmöld:]
Nouns inflected like sverð
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse sverð, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. See: Old Norse Nouns '
sverð'.
Verbs referencing "sverð"
English Nouns
sword, German Nouns
Schwert.
Translations