svanr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), whence also Old English swan (English swan), Old Saxon swan (Low German Swaan), West Frisian swan, Dutch zwaan, and Old High German swan (German Schwan), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”); related to Latin sonare (to sound).
Noun
svanr m (genitive svans, plural svanir)
Declension
Declension of svanr (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “svanr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press