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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål pluralia tantum
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with historical senses
- 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
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish pluralia tantum
- Swedish terms with historical senses