1 SVANGR
adj. [svangi], slender, slim, thin (= Germ. schlank), of a horse; svangir (hestar) sól draga, Gm. 37 (Bugge); svangri und söðli, Hkv. 1. 41; svipta söðli af svöngum jó, Og. 3; this sense is obsolete, and the word is only used,
2 SVANGR
2. metaph. hungry, Fms. ii. 328 (in a verse); seigt er svöngum at skruma, Fb.; at hestar yðrir sé svangir, Lv. 20; svangir ok soltnir, Fms. x. 194, and so in mod. usage. svang-rifja, adj. bare-ribbed, of a steed, Rm. svang-vaxinn, part. slim of stature, Vígl. (in a verse).