olvon
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Swedish
Etymology
olv (dialectal variant of ulv (“wolf”)) + -on (suffix common in names of berries)
Noun
olvon n
- viburnum, especially Viburnum opulus (guelder rose)
- 1946, “Visa vid midsommartid (Du lindar av olvon en midsommarkrans) [Song at midsummer time (You twine of guelder rose a midsummer wreath)]”, Rune Lindström (lyrics), Håkan Norlén (music):
- Du lindar av olvon en midsommarkrans, och hänger den om ditt hår. Du skrattar åt mångubbens benvita glans, som högt över tallen står. I natt skall du dansa vid Svartrama tjärn. I långdans, i språngdans, på glödande järn. I natt är du bjuden av dimman till dans, där Ull-Stina, Kull-Lina går.
- You twine of guelder rose a midsummer wreath, and hang it around your hair. You laugh at the man in the moon's ivory sheen, that high above the pine tree stands. Tonight you shall dance by Svartrama tarn. In chain dance , in leaping dance, on red-hot iron. Tonight you are invited by the mist to dance, where Ull-Stina , Kull-Lina go.
Declension
| Declension of olvon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | olvon | olvonet | olvon | olvonen |
| Genitive | olvons | olvonets | olvons | olvonens |
Derived terms
- parkolvon (“wayfaring tree”)
- skogsolvon (“guelder rose”)
See also
- snöbollsbuske (“snowball tree”)