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sveinn

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sveinn m (genitive singular sveins, nominative plural sveinar)

  1. boy, lad

Declension

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Declension of sveinn (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sveinn sveinninn sveinar sveinarnir
accusative svein sveininn sveina sveinana
dative sveini sveininum sveinum sveinunum
genitive sveins sveinsins sveina sveinanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swainaz (relative, young man, servant), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (oneself; separate; apart), properly one's own.

Other reflexes of PG *swainaz include Old English swān (modern English swain), Old High German swein.

Noun

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sveinn m (genitive sveins, plural sveinar)

  1. boy, lad
  2. servant, lackey

Declension

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Declension of sveinn
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sveinn sveinninn sveinar sveinarnir
accusative svein sveininn sveina sveinana
dative sveini sveininum sveinum sveinunum
genitive sveins sveinsins sveina sveinanna

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sveinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive