Vanir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse vanir. Doublet of Wanes.

Proper noun

Vanir

The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
Members of the Swedish royal family whose ancestry is traditionally traced to one of the Vanir deities.

Related terms

Vanaheimr

Translations

Scandinavian deities

Danish: vane c
Finnish: vaanit pl
French: Vanes (fr) m pl
Marathi: वानिर (vānir)
Russian: ва́ны m pl (vány)
Spanish: Vanir m pl
Swedish: van (sv) c

Anagrams

-navir, Arvin, Narvi, invar, ravin, ravin'

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