sveinn

See also: Sveinn

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsveitn/
  • Rhymes: -eitn
    Homophone: Sveinn

Noun

sveinn m (genitive singular sveins, nominative plural sveinar)

  1. boy, lad

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

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

sveinn m (genitive sveins, plural sveinar)

  1. boy, lad
  2. servant, lackey

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sveinn
  • Faroese: sveinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svein; (dialectal) sveidn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: svein
  • Old Swedish: svēn, svæn
  • Old Danish: swen
    • Danish: svend
      • Norwegian Bokmål: svenn
  • Old English: sweġen

References

  • sveinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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