Svanr
Old Norse Dictionary - svanr
Meaning of Old Norse word "svanr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word svanr can mean:svanr
- 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.
- svanr
- II. Svanr, as a pr. name, Landn., Hdl.
- svanr
- COMPDS: svanfjaðrar, svanhvítr, svanmærr, svanasöngr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛅᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- v.
- vide.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)