Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SVANR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

3 definitions

1 SVANR

m., gen. svans, Pr. 478, pl. svanir; [A. S. swana; Germ. schwan; a common Teut. word, but in Icel. svanr is the poetical, álpt (q. v.) the common word]:—a swan; svanir hvítir at lit, Stj. 90; fugls þess er s. heitir, Barl. 135; hjá söngvi svana, Edda 16 (in a verse): poët., svana beðr, fold, fjöll, dalr, strind, the swan’s bed, land …, i. e. the sea: as also svan-bekkr, svan-bingr, svan-fjöll, svan-flaug, svan-fold, svan-mjöll, svan-teigr, svan-vangr, svan-vengi, the bench, bed, fell, field, earth, snow … of the swans, i. e. the sea, the waves, Lex. Poët.

2 SVANR

II. Svanr, as a pr. name, Landn., Hdl.

3 SVANR

COMPDS: svanfjaðrar, svanhvítr, svanmærr, svanasöngr.

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Runic Inscription

SVANR

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "SVANR" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
gen.: genitive.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
pl.: plural.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
pr.: proper.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
Teut.: Teutonic.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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