Svanr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - svanr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "svanr" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

svanr: svanr, m. (N. Pl. -ir) Svane; fuglar tveirfœðast í Urðar brunni, þeir heita svanirSE. I, 7625; þeir fuglar eru þí nærr atvexti sem svanir, hvítir at lit ok hafastór nef bæði ok hörð Stj. 9019; hannsýndist ok í líkneskju fugls þess, ersvanr heitir, firir sakir þeirrar kono,er Leða hét Barl. 13524; hón mér atgamni gull bókaði sali suðrœna oksvani danska Guðr. 2, 14. At svanroprindelig betegner Hannen i Modsæt-ning til Hunnen svanbrúðr Herv. 33629og alpt Gunl. 2 (19415) kan sluttes afdisse to Steder jvf Herv. 3371; Pr. 47822.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚠᛆᚿᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

v.: Verbum.

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