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Свѣнь

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Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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From East Slavic-Varangian given name *Swên,[1] borrowed from Old Norse Sveinn. Compare Swahili Sven, Icelandic Sveinn, Norwegian Svein.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Свѣ‧нь

Proper noun

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Свѣнь • (Svěnĭ) m[2]

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Sweyn

References

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  1. ^ Nikolaev (2017), page 14
  2. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 795

Further reading

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