svanr

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Old Norse[edit]

svanr

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), whence also Old English swan (English swan), Old Saxon swan (Low German Swaan), West Frisian swan, Dutch zwaan, and Old High German swan (German Schwan), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”); related to Latin sonare (to sound).

Noun[edit]

svanr m (genitive svans, plural svanir)

  1. swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Declension[edit]

  Declension of svanr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svanr svanrinn svanir svanirnir
accusative svan svaninn svani svanina
dative svani svaninum svǫnum svǫnunum
genitive svans svansins svana svananna

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: svane c
  • Faroese: svanur m
  • Icelandic: svanur m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svane f, m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svane f
  • Swedish: svan c

References[edit]

  • “svanr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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