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[4] sviða (f.) ‘burn’: From the strong verb svíða ‘singe, burn’ (see also sviða f. ‘burn, hurt or mark due to burning’). According to Falk (1914b, 70-2), originally a rod with a point hardened by fire. The word does not occur in poetry.