svanr

Old Norse
svanr

Etymology

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 *swen- (“to sound, resound”); related to Latin sonare (to sound).

Noun

svanr m (genitive svans, plural svanir)

  1. swan (Cygnus cygnus)

Declension
  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

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svane f, m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svane f
  • Swedish: svan c

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