svá

See also: sva and šva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic *swa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /svɔɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɑː

Adverb

svá (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) so

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swa, whence also Old English swā, Old High German sō.

Adverb

svá (not comparable)

  1. so

Descendants
  • Danish: så
  • Faroese: so, svá (now only in poetry)
  • Icelandic: svo
  • Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk): så
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): so
  • Swedish: så
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