[3] svǫfðu (3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.) ‘checked’: Both svefja ‘check, calm’ and svæfa ‘check, calm’ (svæfðu 3rd pers. pl. pret. indic.; so FsAˣ, 39, F) are possible in the present context, but the ms. witnesses show that the latter (svæfðu) is secondary.