sívalr
lýsingarorðsí-valr
adj. [prop. the same as the early Dan. si-wal, early Swed. sifwal, si-hwalf; the word is therefore not from völr, but either from hválf (q. v.) or better from hverfa, by turning r into l, answering to O. H. G. sina-hwerpal, sin-werbal]:—round, of a stock, steeple, or the like; sívalr stokkr, Stj. 251; s. fiskr, opp. to flatr fiskr, Vm. 91: = ball-formed, jarðar mynd er sívallt, … sívallt yfirbragð vatns ok sjóvar, Rb. 466 (but rarely). síval-vaxinn, part. round of growth; lágr maðr ok s., Sturl. iii. 114.