SVANR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

SVANR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛅᚾᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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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