Vanir

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Vanir.

Proper noun

Vanir

1. The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
2. Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

Translations

Scandinavian deities

• Danish: van (da) c

• Finnish: vaanit (fi) pl

Anagrams

• invar

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Old Norse

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Maybe from the Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive”).

Proper noun

Vanir

1. the principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
2. members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

See also

• Æsir
• Wanes