svear
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse svíar.
Noun[edit]
svear m pl (definite plural svearne)
- (historical) Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe
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Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse svíar.
Noun[edit]
svear m pl (definite plural sveane)
- (historical) Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe
References[edit]
- “svear” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “svear”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish svear, Old Swedish sviar, from Old Norse svíar, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniz, plural of *swihô (“Swede”), of disputed etymology, but perhaps from *swe- (“one's own, self”).
Noun[edit]
svear c pl
- (historical, plural only) Swedes (members of a North Germanic tribe)
Declension[edit]
Declension of svear | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | - | - | svear | svearna |
Genitive | - | - | svears | svearnas |
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Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål semi-learned borrowings from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål pluralia tantum
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- nb:Germanic tribes
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk semi-learned borrowings from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk pluralia tantum
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with historical senses
- nn:Germanic tribes
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
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