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
declension of sveinn
m-s1 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

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
  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
  • 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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