Svalʹin.

The dashboard placed by the gods before the sun-car to prevent the earth from being burnt up. The word means “cooling.” (Scandinavian mythology.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Surloin of Beef
Surlyboy
Surname
Surplice
Surrey
Surt or Surtur
Susan (St.)
Sussex
Sutor
Suttee (Indian)
Svalin
Swaddler
Swag
Swag
Swagger
Swainmote
Swallow
Swan
Swan
Swan-hopping
Swan of Avon (The), or Sweet Swan of Avon